The Guerrero Amuzgo language is an
Amuzgo language spoken in southwest
Guerrero state in
Mexico
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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
Nahuatl
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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
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