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,Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020 INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020. but a count published in 2018 found only one remaining speaker.
Phonology
Consonants Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal Plosive Affricate Fricative Rhotic Lateral Glide
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
Bibliography
Zavala, Roberto. 2000. Inversion and other Topics in the Grammar of Olutec (Mixean). Eugene: University of Oregon.
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).