Ñumí Mixtec Explained

Ñumí Mixtec
States:Mexico
Region:Oaxaca
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Oto-Manguean
Fam2:Mixtecan
Fam3:Mixtec
Fam4:Ñumí–Tlacotepec ?
Lc1:xtn
Ld1:Northern Tlaxiaco
Lc2:mie
Ld2:Ocotepec
Lc3:mvg
Ld3:Yucuañe
Glotto:ocot1243
Glottoname:Ocotepec
Glottorefname:Ocotepec Mixtec
Glotto2:yucu1250
Glottoname2:Yucuane
Glottorefname2:Yucuane Mixtec
Glotto3:nort2985
Glottoname3:Northern Tlaxiaco
Glottorefname3:Northern Tlaxiaco Mixtec
Elp:10537
Elpname:Western Alta Mixtec (shared)

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

Dialects

Egland & Bartholomew[1] 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.

Notes and References

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