Popoloca, Mezontla

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: pbe
Alternate Names: Los Reyes Metzontla Popoloca, Ngiba, Ngigua, Ngiwa, Popoloca de Mezontla, Popoloca de Oriente, Southern Popoloca
Population: 2,000 (1993 SIL). Total Popoloca speakers: 61,800 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Puebla state: southwest of Tehuacan city, 1 town; Oaxaca state: border area.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Popolocan, Popoloca
Dialects: None known. 52% intelligibility of Atzingo Popoloca [poe], 35% of Tlacoyalco (Northern Popoloca) [pls], 11% of Otlaltepec [pow].
Language Use: Less than 20% of the people can understand the language; 10% can speak it some and only 10 individuals speak it well, according to the village president (1994 SIL). Shifted to Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Grammar.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Popoloca, Mezontla
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Puebla state: southwest of Tehuacan city, 1 town; Oaxaca state: border area.