Northern_Tlaxiaco_Mixtec

Ñumí Mixtec

Ñumí Mixtec

Mixtec language of Oaxaca, Mexico

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

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Dialects

Egland & Bartholomew[2] 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

  1. [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. [2]
    Egland & Bartholomew (1983) La Inteligibilidad Interdialectal en México
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