Oluta Popoluca
Oluta Popoluca is a Mixe-Zoque language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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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.
77 self-reported speaking Oluteco in a 2020 census,
but a count published in 2018 found only one remaining speaker.
From Wikipedia · Oluta Popoluca · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Oluta Popoluca
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | haykak* | |
| name | S3v3* | |
| eye | vin3* | |
| ear | tac3k* | |
| nose | h3p3* | |
| tooth | t3c3* | |
| tongue | toc3* | |
| hand | k37* | |
| blood | n3pin* | |
| bone | pak3* | |
| skin | ak3* | |
| knee | koSo* | |
| liver | t3shot3* | |
| water | n3h3* | |
| fire | h3n3* | |
| sun | S3v3* | |
| star | maca7a7k* | |
| stone | cah3* | |
| mountain | kopak* | |
| tree | kuy3* | |
| leaf | ay3* | |
| night | cuh3* | |
| dog | Suni* | |
| fish | koke* | |
| louse | avat* | |
| one | tuk* | |
| two | mesko* | |
| I | 3s* | |
| you | mis* | |
| we | 3catek* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Sayula PopolucaMixe-Zoque55% alike
- Totontepec MixeMixe-Zoque54% alike
- Tlahuitoltepec MixeMixe-Zoque49% alike
- North Central MixeMixe-Zoque47% alike
- Juquila MixeMixe-Zoque44% alike
- Coatlán MixeMixe-Zoque44% alike
Grammar
- BolinaoAustronesian87% alike
- ArikapúNuclear-Macro-Je86% alike
- Central KalapuyaKalapuyan85% alike
- Isthmus-Pajapan NahuatlUto-Aztecan85% alike
- Papantla TotonacTotonacan85% alike
- TepecanoUto-Aztecan85% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · olut1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · plo