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Ñumí Mixtec

Ñumí Mixtec is a diverse Mixtec language of Oaxaca. It may be closest to Peñasco Mixtec.

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Ñumí Mixtec
Native toMexico
RegionOaxaca
Native speakers
(19,000 cited 2000)1
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
xtn – Northern Tlaxiaco
mie – Ocotepec
mvg – Yucuañe
Glottologocot1243  Ocotepec
yucu1250  Yucuane
nort2985  Northern Tlaxiaco
ELPWestern Alta Mixtec (shared)

Ñumí Mixtec is a diverse Mixtec language of Oaxaca. It may be closest to Peñasco Mixtec.

Dialects

Egland & Bartholomew2 found four dialects which have ca. 80% mutual intelligibility with each other, spoken in the following towns:

  • (San Juan) Ñumí, (Santiago) Nunduchi, (San Sebastián) Nicananduta
  • (San Antonio) Monteverde
  • (Santo Tomás) Ocotepec
  • (San Bartolomé) Yucuañe

Yucuañe is no longer being passed on to children.

References

References

  1. Northern Tlaxiaco at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Ocotepec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Yucuañe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Egland & Bartholomew (1983) La Inteligibilidad Interdialectal en México