Popoloca, Mezontla

PBE

moribund

Alternate Names: Los Reyes Metzontla Popoloca, Southern Popoloca

Dialects: None known. 52% intelligibility of Atzingo Popoloca ,, 35% of Tlacoyalco (Northern Popoloca) ,, 11% of Otlaltepec ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Popolocan
Popoloca

Demographics: 2,000 (1993 SIL).

Language Use: Less than 20% of the people can understand the language; 10% can speak it some and only 10 individuals speak it well, according to the village president (1994 SIL). Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Grammar.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Mexico