Northern Popoloca language

Northern Popoloca
Northern Popoloca
Native to	Mexico
Region	Puebla
Native speakers	(13,000 cited 1994–2000)
Language family	Oto-Manguean Popolocan Chocho–Popoloca Popoloca Northern Popoloca; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; pps – San Luís Temalacayuca; pls – San Marcos Tlacoyalco
Glottolog	sanl1248 San Luis Temalacayuca; sanm1301 San Marcos Tlalcoyalco

Northern Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. The dialects of the two towns where it is spoken, San Luís Temalacayuca (a.k.a. Temalacayuca, San Luís) and San Marcos Tlacoyalco (a.k.a. Tlacoyalco, San Marcos), are over 90% mutually intelligible.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u~o
Mid	ɛ		u~o
Open		a

Consonants

	Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Post- Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n			ɲ
Plosive	p	t̪	t				k	ʔ
Affricate			t͡s	t͡ʃ	t͡ʂ
Fricative	β	ð	s	ʃ	ʂ		ɣ	h
Rhotic			ɾ
Approximant			l			j

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References

↑ San Luís Temalacayuca at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
San Marcos Tlacoyalco at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Stark C., Sara (2014). Los pronombres en ngigua. SIL-Mexico Electronic Working Papers, 12a.: SIL International.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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[e18-1] San Luís Temalacayuca at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
San Marcos Tlacoyalco at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Stark C., Sara (2014). Los pronombres en ngigua. SIL-Mexico Electronic Working Papers, 12a.: SIL International.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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