Western Popoloca language

Western Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. There are two principal varieties, sometimes counted as distinct languages,

• Santa Inés Ahuatempan Popoloca (a.k.a. Ahuatempan, Santa Inés)
• San Felipe Otlaltepec Popoloca (a.k.a. Otlaltepec, San Felipe)

Western Popoloca
Native to	Mexico
Region	Puebla
Native speakers	(7,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Oto-Manguean Popolocan Chocho–Popoloca Popoloca Western Popoloca
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: pow – San Felipe Otlaltepec pca – Santa Inés Ahuatempan
Glottolog	sant1454  Santa Ines Ahuatempan sanf1264  San Felipe Otlaltepec

which are about 75% mutually intelligible. Approximately half of ethnic Popoloca of these towns speak the language.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, ĩ		u, ũ
Mid	e, ẽ		o, õ
Open		a, ã

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar		Post- alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n				ɲ
Plosive		(p)	t					k	ʔ
Affricate			t͡s		t͡ʃ	t͡ʂ
Fricative	voiceless		s		ʃ	ʂ			h
	voiced		z		ʒ	ʐ		ɣ
Rhotic			ɾ	(r)
Approximant		w	l				j

Sounds [p, r] only occur from loanwords.^[2]