Popoloca, San Marcos Tlacoyalco

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: pls
Alternate Names: Ngiwa, Northern Popoloca, Popoloca de San Marcos Tlalcoyalco, Popoluca del Norte, San Marcos Tlalcoyalco Popoloca
Autonym: Ngigua
Population: 8,440 (2000 INALI). Total Popoloca speakers: 61,800 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Puebla state: San Francisco Esperilla, San José Buenavista, San Juan Sacavasco, San Marcos Tlacoyalco, and San Martin Esperilla.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Popolocan, Popoloca
Dialects: None known. San Luis [pps] has 90% intelligibility of San Marcos.
Typology: VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Development: Literature. Grammar. NT: 1983–2016.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Popoloca, San Marcos Tlacoyalco
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Puebla state: San Francisco Esperilla, San José Buenavista, San Juan Sacavasco, San Marcos Tlacoyalco, and San Martin Esperilla.