Native speakers 19,000 (2000) | ||
Language family Oto-MangueanMixtecanMixtecÑumí–Tlacotepec ?Ñumí Mixtec ISO 639-3 Variously:xtn – Northern Tlaxiacomie – Ocotepecmvg – Yucuañe Glottolog ocot1243 (Ocotepec)yucu1250 (Yucuane)nort2985 (Northern Tlaxiaco) | ||
Ñumí Mixtec is a diverse Mixtec language of Oaxaca. It may be closest to Peñasco Mixtec.
Dialects
Egland & Bartholomew 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.
References
Ñumí Mixtec Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA