Oluta Popoluca

Mixe–Zoquean language of Mexico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oluta Popoluca also called Olutec is a moribund Mixe–Zoquean language of the Mixean branch spoken by a few elderly people in the town of Oluta in Southern Veracruz, Mexico.

NativetoMexico
RegionVeracruz
Ethnicity10,000 (1990 census)[1]
Native speakers
1 (2018)[1]
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Oluta Popoluca
Olutec
Yaak'awü
Native toMexico
RegionVeracruz
Ethnicity10,000 (1990 census)[1]
Native speakers
1 (2018)[1]
Mixe–Zoque
Language codes
ISO 639-3plo
Glottologolut1240
ELPOluta Popoluca
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77 self-reported speaking Oluteco in a 2020 census,[2] but a count published in 2018 found only one remaining speaker.[1]

Phonology

Consonants

Other sounds such as /b, d, ɡ, f/ occur from borrowed words from Spanish.

Vowels

Vowels are /i/, /ɨ/, /u/, /e/, /o/, /a/; each distinguished with vowel length.

Notes

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