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Guerrero Amuzgo
Ñomndaa
Native toMexico
RegionGuerrero
Native speakers46,000 (2011)
Language familyOto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3amu
Glottologguer1243
ELPGuerrero Amuzgo

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

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 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.

Phonology

Vowels

Oral/Nasal vowels
Front Central Back
oral nasal oral nasal oral nasal
Close i ĩ u ũ
Close-mid e o õ
Open-mid æ æ̃ ɔ ɔ̃
Open a ã
Laryngealized vowels
Front Central Back
oral nasal oral nasal oral nasal
Close ḭ̃ ṵ̃
Close-mid ḛ̃ õ̰
Open-mid æ̰ æ̰̃ ɔ̰ ɔ̰̃
Open ã̰
  • Sounds /æ, æ̃, æ̰, æ̰̃/ can also fluctuate to more mid sounds .

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Velar Glottal
central labial
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive voiceless (p) t k kʲ ʔ
prenasal (ᵐb) ⁿd ⁿdʲ ᵑɡ ᵑɡʷ
Affricate ts
Fricative β s ʃ h
Lateral l
Rhotic tap ɾ
trill (r)
Approximant w j

Sounds only appear in a few words.

Notes

  1. ^ Guerrero Amuzgo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. de Jesús García, Ivan (2019). Fonología del Amuzgo de Cochoapa, Guerrero. México: CIESAS.
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