| States | Mexico |
|---|---|
| Region | Oaxaca |
| Date | 2000 |
| Ref | e18 |
| Familycolor | oto-manguean |
| Fam 1 | Oto-Manguean |
| Fam 2 | Mixtecan |
| Fam 3 | Mixtec |
| Fam 4 | Ñumí–Tlacotepec ? |
| Lc 1 | xtn |
| Ld 1 | Northern Tlaxiaco |
| Lc 2 | mie |
| Ld 2 | Ocotepec |
| Lc 3 | mvg |
| Ld 3 | Yucuañe |
| Glotto | ocot1243 |
| Glottoname | Ocotepec |
| Glottorefname | Ocotepec Mixtec |
| Glotto 2 | yucu1250 |
| Glottoname 2 | Yucuane |
| Glottorefname 2 | Yucuane Mixtec |
| Glotto 3 | nort2985 |
| Glottoname 3 | Northern Tlaxiaco |
| Glottorefname 3 | 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:
- (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
- ^ Egland & Bartholomew (1983) La Inteligibilidad Interdialectal en México