Endangered Languages Project - Guerrero Amuzgo

Guerrero Amuzgo

^{[aka Amusgo, Amuzgo, Guerrero, Nomndaa]}

Classification: Otomanguean

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Amusgo, Amuzgo, Guerrero, Nomndaa, Azmugo
CLASSIFICATION		Otomanguean, Amuzgoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		amu
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue distinguishes 3 Amuzgo languages; INALI has 4 locally recognized "variantes" under 1 "agrupación".

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Information from: “Meso-America” (197-209) . William Adelaar and J. Diego Quesada (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London and New York: Routledge

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000-99,999
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
16,205 speakers in Guerrero; 2,454 speakers in Oaxaca; "Amuzgo is said to have the highest percentage of monolinguals (38 per cent) among all native languages of Mexico" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:197).

PLACES: Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "In a border area of the states of Guerrero...and Oaxaca...not far from the Pacific coast" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:197).

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1990 census
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
10,000 monolinguals (1990 census)

PLACES: Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southeast Guerrero, Xochistlahuaca municipality, Zacoalpan, Cochoapa, Huehuetonoc, Tlacoachistlahuaca, Guadalupe Victoria, Cozoyoapan, Huistepec, and Rancho del Cura. Santa Catarina River separates Guerrero variety from Oaxaca varieties.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
28,228
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

16.8333333333,-98.0

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press