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The Guerrero Amuzgo language is an Amuzgo language spoken in southwest Guerrero state in
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
.Ethnologue report for Amuzgo, Guerrero
Ethnologue


Statistics and history

There are 23,000 speakers, 10,000 that are monolingual. It is also known as Nomndaa or Ñomndaa. It belongs to the Oto-Manguean language family and the Amuzgoan subfamily. The use of the language is widespread and it is learned as a second language by Spanish and
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speakers living with the Guerrero speakers. There is a positive cultural affinity toward the tongue and it is used in business, religion, and taught bilingually with Spanish until 6th grade. 10% of adults and 15% of children are literate in Amuzgo Guerrero. There are media such as videos, a dictionary and radio broadcasts in the language that propagate its use.


Notes

Amuzgos Guerrero Indigenous languages of Mexico Mesoamerican languages Oto-Pamean languages {{Oto-Manguean-lang-stub