Alternate Names: Atzingo Popoloca, Eastern Popoloca, Ngigua, Popoloca de San Juan Atzingo, Popoloca del Oriente, Southern Popoloca
Dialects: None known. 76% intelligibility of Metzontla Popoloca , (most simlar), 26% of San Felipe Popoloca ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 5,000 (1991 SIL). 500 monolinguals. Most women over 60 functionally monolingual.
Language Use: Vigorous. Some Nahuatl in Chilac speak some Popoloca. Some, more among the young, migrate temporarily for jobs, but retain the language. All domains. Oral use in local administration, commerce, religious services. All ages. Very positive attitudes. Most men also speak primary Spanish [spa]. Many women who cannot speak Spanish speak Nahuatl for trading in San Gabriel Chilac. Onyx and sugarcane workers have team leaders who speak Spanish for them.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. 2,000 L1 readers, 200 can write. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Dictionary. NT: 1982.
Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico