- Guerrero Amuzgo language
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Amuzgo Guerrero Ñomndaa Spoken in Mexico Region Guerrero Native speakers 23,000 (date missing) Language family Oto-Manguean- Amuzgoan
- Amuzgo Guerrero
Language codes ISO 639-3 amu The Amuzgo Guerrero language is an Amuzgo language spoken in southwest Guerrero state in Mexico.[1]
Statistics and history
There are 23,000 speakers, 10,000 that are monolingual. It is also known as Nomndaa or Ñomndaa.[1] It belongs to the Oto-Manguean language family and the Amuzgoan subfamily.[1] 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.[1]
There is a positive cultural affinity toward the tongue and it is used in business, religion, and taught bilingually with Spanish until 6th grade.[1] 10% of adults and 15% of children are literate in Amuzgo Guerrero.[1] There are media such as videos, a dictionary and radio broadcasts in the language that propagate its use.[1]
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Notes
Categories:- Language articles with undated speaker data
- Languages of Mexico
- Guerrero
- Mesoamerican languages
- Indigenous languages of Mexico
- Oto-Pamean languages
- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs
- Amuzgoan
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