Ñumí Mixtec | |
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Native to | Mexico |
Region | Oaxaca |
Native speakers | 19,000 (2000)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | Variously:xtn – Northern Tlaxiacomie – Ocotepecmvg – Yucuañe |
Glottolog | ocot1243 Ocotepecyucu1250 Yucuanenort2985 Northern Tlaxiaco |
ELP | Western Alta Mixtec (shared) |
Ñumí Mixtec is a diverse Mixtec language of Oaxaca. It may be closest to Peñasco Mixtec.
Egland & Bartholomew[2] found four dialects which have ca. 80% mutual intelligibility with each other, spoken in the following towns:
Yucuañe is no longer being passed on to children.
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Italics indicate extinct languages |