Popoloca, San Luís Temalacayuca

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Ngiba, Ngiwa, Popoloca de San Luis Temalacayuca
Autonym
Ngigua, Ngigua Temalacayuca
User Population

4,730 (1994 SIL). Total Popoloca speakers: 61,800 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Puebla state: San Luís Temalacayuca.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Popolocan, Popoloca
Dialects

None known. San Luís has 84% intelligibility of San Marcos [pls], 22% of Atzingo [poe], 8% of Otlaltepec [pow].

Language Use

Vigorous. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

NT: 2016.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Popoloca, San Luís Temalacayuca
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

About 25% of men work part of the year in the Distrito Federal or the United States.