Guerrero Amuzgo language
The Guerrero Amuzgo language is an Amuzgo language spoken in southwest Guerrero state in Mexico.[1]
Guerrero Amuzgo | |
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Ñomndaa | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Guerrero |
Native speakers | 46,000 (2011)[1] |
Oto-Manguean
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | amu |
Glottolog | guer1243 |
ELP | Guerrero Amuzgo |
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]
Phonology
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||||
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oral | nasal | oral | nasal | oral | nasal | |
Close | i | ĩ | u | ũ | ||
Close-mid | e | ẽ | o | õ | ||
Open-mid | æ | æ̃ | ɔ | ɔ̃ | ||
Open | a | ã |
Front | Central | Back | ||||
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oral | nasal | oral | nasal | oral | nasal | |
Close | ḭ | ḭ̃ | ṵ | ṵ̃ | ||
Close-mid | ḛ | ḛ̃ | o̰ | õ̰ | ||
Open-mid | æ̰ | æ̰̃ | ɔ̰ | ɔ̰̃ | ||
Open | a̰ | ã̰ |
- Sounds /æ, æ̃, æ̰, æ̰̃/ can also fluctuate to more mid sounds [ɛ, ɛ̃, ɛ̰, ɛ̰̃].
Notes
- Guerrero Amuzgo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- de Jesús García, Ivan (2019). Fonología del Amuzgo de Cochoapa, Guerrero. México: CIESAS.