Northern Popoloca language

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.

Northern Popoloca
Native to	Mexico
Region	Puebla
Native speakers	(13,000[Total Popoloca suggests this is includes double count] cited 1994–2000)[1]
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

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		o~u
Mid	ɛ
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	voiceless	ɸ		s		ʃ	ʂ			h
	voiced	β	ð	z		ʒ			ɣ
Rhotic				ɾ	r
Approximant				l				j

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