Ñumí Mixtec | |
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Native to | Mexico |
Region | Oaxaca |
Native speakers | 19,000 (2000) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:
xtn – Northern Tlaxiaco
mie – Ocotepec
mvg – Yucuañe |
Glottolog |
ocot1243 Ocotepec
yucu1250 Yucuane
nort2985 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.