Popoluca, Highland
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A language of Mexico
Alternate Names
Popoluca, Popoluca de la Sierra
Autonym
Nuntajɨyi
User Population
37,700 (2015 INEGI). Total Popoloca speakers: 61,800 (2020 INEGI).
Location
Veracruz state: Amamaloya, Barosa, Buena Vista, Col Benito Juárez, Cuilonia, El Aguacate, Estrivera, Guadalupe Victoria, Horno de Cal, Kilómetro Diez, La Florida, La Magdalena, Las Palmas, Soteapan; Bay of Campeche, area inland between Lake Catemaco and San Juan point, towards Hueyapan and Acayucan.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Dialects
None known. More similar to Zoque than to Mixe.
Typology
VOS; short words, affixes; nontonal.
Language Use
Used by all. Some also use a Nahuatl language.
Language Development
Literature. Radio. Dictionary. NT: 1977–1997.