ThePopolocan languages are a subfamily of theOto-Manguean language family ofMexico, spoken mainly in the state ofPuebla.

The Popolocan languages should not be confused with the languages calledPopoluca spoken in the state ofVeracruz, which belong to the unrelatedMixe–Zoquean language family. The term comes from theNahuatl language and means to speak unintelligibly, which is why Nahuatl speakers called several different unrelated languages "Popolōca". The Nahuatl term was later adopted by the Spanish. The convention now is that the Oto-Manguean languages are referred to as "Popoloca" and the Mixe–Zoquean languages are referred to as "Popoluca", although the latter term is falling into disuse.

The Popolocan languages are subdivided into:

• theChocho–Popolocan languages, including theChocho language and seven distinct varieties ofPopoloca.
• theIxcatec language
• theMazatecan languages including a number of related languages called Mazatec

Fernández (1951) reconstructed Proto-Popolocan utilizing data fromChocho,Popoloca,Ixcatec, andMazatec (Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca).^[1]

Wiktionary has a list of reconstructed forms atAppendix:Proto-Popolocan reconstructions

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