Ñumí Mixtec
StatesMexico
RegionOaxaca
Date2000
Refe18
Familycoloroto-manguean
Fam 1Oto-Manguean
Fam 2Mixtecan
Fam 3Mixtec
Fam 4Ñumí–Tlacotepec ?
Lc 1xtn
Ld 1Northern Tlaxiaco
Lc 2mie
Ld 2Ocotepec
Lc 3mvg
Ld 3Yucuañe
Glottoocot1243
GlottonameOcotepec
GlottorefnameOcotepec Mixtec
Glotto 2yucu1250
Glottoname 2Yucuane
Glottorefname 2Yucuane Mixtec
Glotto 3nort2985
Glottoname 3Northern Tlaxiaco
Glottorefname 3Northern Tlaxiaco Mixtec
Elp10537
ElpnameWestern 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:

  • (San Juan) Ñumí, (Santiago) Nunduchi, (San Sebastián) Nicananduta
  • (San Antonio) Monteverde
  • (Santo Tomás) Ocotepec
  • (San Bartolomé) Yucuañe

Yucuañe is no longer being passed on to children.

References

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