Sierra Popoluca

Sierra Popoluca

Infobox language
name=Sierra Popoluca
nativename= Nuntajɨyi
familycolor=American
states=Mexico
region=Vera Cruz
speakers=>30,000
fam2=Mixe-Zoquean
fam3 Zoquean
fam4=Gulf Zoque

Sierra Popoluca, also sometimes referred to as Soteapanec, Soteapan Zoque, or Highland Popoluca, is a Mixe-Zoquean language of the Zoquean branch. It is spoken by around 30,000 indigenous Popoluca people in and around the town of Soteapan in the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas in southern Veracruz, Mexico. The speakers themselves call their language IPA|Nundajɨɨyi which means "true speech", and themselves IPA|Nundajɨypappɨc.


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