Guerrero Amuzgo language
| Guerrero Amuzgo | |
|---|---|
| Ñomndaa | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Guerrero |
Native speakers | 31,000 (2000)[1] |
|
Oto-Manguean
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
amu |
| Glottolog |
guer1243[2] |
The Guerrero Amuzgo language is an Amuzgo language spoken in southwest Guerrero state in Mexico.[3]
Statistics and history
There are 23,000 speakers, 10,000 that are monolingual. It is also known as Nomndaa or Ñomndaa.[3] It belongs to the Oto-Manguean language family and the Amuzgoan subfamily.[3] The use of the language is widespread and it is learned as a second language by Spanish and Nahuatl speakers living with the Guerrero speakers.[3]
There is a positive cultural affinity toward the tongue and it is used in business, religion, and taught bilingually with Spanish until 6th grade.[3] 10% of adults and 15% of children are literate in Amuzgo Guerrero.[3] There are media such as videos, a dictionary and radio broadcasts in the language that propagate its use.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Guerrero Amuzgo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Guerrero Amuzgo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ethnologue report for Amuzgo, Guerrero, Ethnologue