Olutec

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Olutec is an indigenous Mixe–Zoquean language of southern Veracruz, Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Oluta Popoluca people and now critically endangered.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Olutec canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mixe–Zoquean language ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
alternateName Oluta Popoluca ⓘ
Olutla Popoluca ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
documentedBy linguistic fieldwork in Veracruz ⓘ
endangermentCause language shift to Spanish ⓘ
ethnicGroup Oluta Popoluca people ⓘ
hasMorphologyFeature derivational morphology for valency change ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
hasPhonologyFeature contrastive glottalization ⓘ
nasal consonants ⓘ
hasSpeakers very few remaining speakers ⓘ
hasTypology agglutinative morphology ⓘ
hasWordOrder verb–object–subject (VOS) ⓘ
verb–subject–object (VSO) ⓘ
ISO639-3 plo ⓘ
isPartOf Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ
languageBranch Zoquean ⓘ
linked to: Zoquean languages
languageFamily Mixe–Zoquean ⓘ
languageOf Oluta Popoluca culture ⓘ
region southern Veracruz ⓘ
riskStatus possible language extinction in near future ⓘ
spokenIn Isthmus region of Veracruz ⓘ
Oluta, Veracruz ⓘ
status critically endangered ⓘ
subclassOf Popoluca language ⓘ
linked to: Popoluca languages
usedFor everyday communication (historically) ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ
traditional oral narratives ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oluta Popoluca → hasAlternativeName → Olutec ⓘ
subject linked to: plo (Oluta Popoluca)
Oluta Zoque → glottologName → Olutec ⓘ