Southern Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. There are two principal varieties, sometimes counted as distinct languages, which are about 75% mutually intelligible: San Juan Atzingo Popoloca ( Atzingo, San Juan) Metzontla Popoloca ( Los Reyes Metzontla Popoloca)
Phonology
Consonants +Consonants in the San Juan Atzingo dialectLabialDental/AlveolarPost-alv./PalatalRetroflexVelarGlottalNasalvoicedvoiceless Plosive Affricate Fricative RhoticLateralApproximant
Consonants preceding /h/ are then heard as aspirated [Cʰ]; when preceding /ʔ/, they are heard as ejectives [Cʼ].
+Consonants in the Mezontla dialectLabialDentalAlveolarPost-alv.PalatalVelarGlottalNasalvoicedvoicelessPlosive/AffricatevoicelessaspiratedvoicedprenasalFricativevoiceless() ~ prenasalRhoticvoicedprenasalLateralApproximant Marginal affricates include /k͡f, s͡t/.
/ʃ/ is heard as retroflex [ʂ] when before vowels /a, ã, u, ũ/. /f/ is heard only from loanwords. /j/ may be realized as a nasal [ɲ] when in the position of nasal vowels. Stop consonants when preceding /ʔ/ are heard as ejectives [Cʼ].
Vowels +Vowels in the San Juan Atzingo dialectOralNasalFrontCentralBackFrontCentralBackClose~~MidOpen
/o, õ/ when heard in diphthongs, and after consonants /t, k, ʔ, t͡ʃ, t͡ʂ, ʂ, n̥/ is heard as [u, ũ]. Nasalization is indicated by after the vowel.
+Vowels in the Mezontla dialectOralNasalFrontCentralBackFrontCentralBackCloseMidOpen
Tones Mezontla Popoloca has 3 tonemes.
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