Gerrersky Amuzgo language (Guerrero Amuzgo, Nomndaa, Ñomndaa) - one of the varieties of language Amuzgo language , common in the cities of Guadalupe Victoria, Kosoyoapan, Kochoapa, Rancho del Cura, Sakoalpan, Tlakoachistlauaka, Uistepek, Ueuetonok Hochistlauaka municipality in the southeast of the state of Guerrero in Mexico It has northern and southern dialects.
| Guerrero Amusgo | |
|---|---|
| Self name | Ñomndaa |
| Country | Mexico |
| Regions | Guerrero |
| Total number of speakers | 45 900 (2011) [1] |
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| Writing | Latin |
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| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | amu |
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Statistics and history
There are 45,900 carriers of the Herrerian amusgo, 10,000 of whom are monolinguals. It belongs to the subfamily Amusgo Oto-Manga language family. The use of language is widespread, and it became known that native Nahuatl and Spanish also reside with native Herrer’s Amusgo.
There is a positive cultural affinity for the language, and it is used in business, religion, taught along with Spanish up to the 6th grade of high school. 10% of the elderly population and 15% of children are literate in Herrer’s Amusgo. There are media such as television, vocabulary and radio programs that are distributed in this language.
Writing
Alphabet from the 1973 edition: a, aⁿ, a̲, a̲ⁿ, b, c, cw, ch, e, eⁿ, ei, eiⁿ, i, j, ', l, m, n, nd, ndy, ñ, o, om, o̲, o̲ⁿ, p, q, r, s, t, ts, ty, u, w, x, y [2] .