{{Short description|Language cluster}} {{about|the language cluster|the language subfamily that this cluster is in|Popolocan languages}} {{Infobox language family |name=Popoloca |region=Puebla, Mexico | speakers = {{sigfig|17274|2}} | date=2020 census | ref=<ref name=inegi2020>[http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/hipertexto/todas_lenguas.htm Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020] INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.</ref> |familycolor=Oto-Manguean |fam1=Oto-Manguean |fam2=Popolocan |fam3=Chocho–Popoloca |glotto=popo1294 |glottorefname=Popolocan |child1=Eastern |child2=Central/Western |map=Otomanguean Languages.png |mapcaption=The Popoloca languages, number 6 (purple), center. }}

'''Popoloca''' is an indigenous Mexican cluster of languages of the Popolocan branch of the Oto-Manguean language family, closely related to Mazatec. They are spoken by 17,000 people<ref name=inegi2020/> in Puebla state, Mexico, near Tehuacán.

==Languages== The Ethnologue distinguishes seven varieties of Popoloca as separate languages. However, these fall into four groups with 75% mutual intelligibility or greater. *Eastern Popoloca **Southern (Atzingo–Metzontla: San Juan, Los Reyes) **Northern (Temalacayuca–Tlacoyalco: San Luis, San Marcos) * Central Popoloca **Coyotepec (San Mateo dialect may be distinct, or a dialect of San Felipe) **Western (Ahuatempan–Otlaltepec: Santa Inés, San Felipe)

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