Popoluca

E80060

Popoluca refers to several closely related indigenous languages of the Mixe–Zoquean family spoken by native communities in southern Veracruz, Mexico.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Popoluca people 12
Popoluca canonical 7
Texistepec Popoluca 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mixe–Zoquean language
indigenous language
language group
areaOfStudy historical linguistics of Mesoamerica
language contact in Veracruz
country Mexico
endangeredStatus endangered language
ethnolinguisticGroup Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca
geographicDistribution Oluta municipality
Sayula de Alemán municipality
Sierra de Soteapan
Texistepec municipality
hasAlternativeName Popoluca (Mixe–Zoquean)
Popoluca languages
hasISO6393Code plo (Oluta Popoluca)
poi (Highland Popoluca / Sierra Popoluca)
poq (Texistepec Popoluca)
pos (Sayula Popoluca)
hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Mixe–Zoquean
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
glottalized consonants
tone (in some varieties)
hasVariety Oluta Popoluca
Sayula Popoluca
Sierra Popoluca
Texistepec Popoluca
linked to: Popoluca
influencedBy Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
languageFamily Mixe–Zoquean
languageStatus national indigenous language of Mexico
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
morphology polysynthetic language
notToBeConfusedWith Popoloca (Oto-Manguean languages)
recognizedBy Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
region Isthmus of Tehuantepec area
spokenIn Mexico
southern Veracruz
state of Veracruz
linked to: Veracruz
subfamily Mixe languages
Zoquean languages
subjectOf Mesoamerican linguistic research
usedBy indigenous communities of Veracruz
usedIn local community governance
ritual practices
traditional oral literature
wordOrder verb–subject–object
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

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

Veracruz hasIndigenousPeople Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca
Eastern Mexico hasIndigenousGroup Zoque peoples
subject linked to: eastern Mexico
linked to: Popoluca
Sotavento hasEthnicInfluence Popoluca
Popoluca hasVariety Texistepec Popoluca
linked to: Popoluca
Popoluca ethnolinguisticGroup Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca
Mexican Penutian languages hasMember Texistepec Popoluca
linked to: Popoluca
Mixe–Zoquean languages hasLanguage Texistepec Popoluca
linked to: Popoluca
Zoque people relatedGroup Popoluca peoples
linked to: Popoluca
Sayula de Alemán municipality hasIndigenousPopulation Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca
Sayula de Alemán municipality hasEthnicGroup Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca
Sayula Popoluca ethnicGroup Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca
Sayula Popoluca hasAlternativeName Popoluca de Sayula
linked to: Popoluca
Sayula Popoluca hasNeighboringLanguages Soteapanec Popoluca
linked to: Popoluca
Oluta Popoluca spokenBy Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca
Oluta Popoluca ethnicity Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca
Oluta municipality hasIndigenousPopulation Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca
Oluta municipality isTraditionalHomelandOf Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca
Oluta Popoluca isSpokenBy Popoluca people
subject linked to: plo (Oluta Popoluca)
linked to: Popoluca
Oluta Popoluca hasNeighboringLanguage Soteapanec Popoluca
subject linked to: plo (Oluta Popoluca)
linked to: Popoluca
pos (Sayula Popoluca) alternateName Popoluca de Sayula
linked to: Popoluca
Popoluca languages areSpokenBy Popoluca peoples
linked to: Popoluca
Sierra Popoluca ethnicGroup Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca
Sierra de Soteapan ethnicGroup Popoluca people
linked to: Popoluca