Guerrero Amuzgo language
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| Guerrero Amuzgo | |
|---|---|
| Ñomndaa | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Guerrero |
Native speakers | 46,000 (2011)[1] |
Oto-Manguean
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | amu |
| Glottolog | guer1243 |
| ELP | Guerrero Amuzgo |
The Guerrero Amuzgo language is an Amuzgo language spoken in southwest Guerrero state in Mexico.[1]
Statistics and history
[edit]There are 23,000 speakers, 10,000 that are monolingual. It is also known as Nomndaa or Ñomndaa.[1] It belongs to the Oto-Manguean language family and the Amuzgoan subfamily.[1] The use of the language is widespread and it is learned as a second language by Spanish and Nahuatl speakers living with the Guerrero speakers.[1]
There is a positive cultural affinity toward the tongue and it is used in business, religion, and taught bilingually with Spanish until 6th grade.[1] 10% of adults and 15% of children are literate in Amuzgo Guerrero.[1] There are media such as videos, a dictionary and radio broadcasts in the language that propagate its use.[1]
Phonology
[edit]Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oral | nasal | oral | nasal | oral | nasal | |
| Close | i | ĩ | u | ũ | ||
| Close-mid | e | ẽ | o | õ | ||
| Open-mid | æ | æ̃ | ɔ | ɔ̃ | ||
| Open | a | ã | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oral | nasal | oral | nasal | oral | nasal | |
| Close | ḭ | ḭ̃ | ṵ | ṵ̃ | ||
| Close-mid | ḛ | ḛ̃ | o̰ | õ̰ | ||
| Open-mid | æ̰ | æ̰̃ | ɔ̰ | ɔ̰̃ | ||
| Open | a̰ | ã̰ | ||||
- Sounds /æ, æ̃, æ̰, æ̰̃/ can also fluctuate to more mid sounds [ɛ, ɛ̃, ɛ̰, ɛ̰̃].
Consonants
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | labial | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | (p) | t | tʲ | k kʲ | kʷ | ʔ |
| prenasal | (ᵐb) | ⁿd | ⁿdʲ | ᵑɡ | ᵑɡʷ | ||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ | |||||
| Fricative | β | s | ʃ | h | |||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Rhotic | tap | ɾ | |||||
| trill | (r) | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||||
Sounds [p, ᵐb, r] only appear in a few words.[2]
