Oluta Popoluca

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.

Oluta Popoluca
Olutec
Yaak'awü
Native toMexico
RegionVera Cruz
Ethnicity10,000 (1990 census)[1]
Native speakers
1 (2011)[2]
Mixe–Zoque
Language codes
ISO 639-3plo
Glottologolut1240
ELPOluta Popoluca[3]

Phonology

Bilabial Alveolar Alveolo-Palatal Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosives b, p d, t ɟ, c ts ɡ, k ʔ
Fricatives f s ʃ x h
Nasals m n ɲ ŋ
Rhotics ɾ, r
Lateral l
Approximants w j

Vowels are /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, /ʉ/.[4]

Notes

Bibliography

  • Zavala Maldonado, Roberto. 2003. Obviación en Oluteco. Proceedings of the Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America–I (23–25 October 2003, University of Texas at Austin).


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.