Everything about Amuzgo totally explained
Amuzgo is an
Oto-Manguean language spoken in the
Costa Chica region of the
Mexican states of
Guerrero and
Oaxaca.
Amuzgo is a
tonal language with a strong
monosyllabic tendency. Amuzgo has about 30,000 speakers and according to
Ethnologue it has three dialects around 40% of the speakers are monolingual, the rest are bilingual in
Spanish and Amuzgo.
The name Amuzgo is of
Nahuatl origin; the exact etymology, however, isn't known with any certainty.
Phonology
The phonemic analysis given here's from variant spoken in the village of San Pedro Amuzgos given by Thomas C Smith and Fermin Tapia (2002).
Consonants
Vowels
Amuzgo has eight tones and distinguishes oral and nasal vowels.
Grammar
Amuzgo is analyzed as an
active-stative language. (Smith & Tapia 2002)
Media
Amuzgo-language programming is carried by the
CDI's radio station
XEJAM, based in
Santiago Jamiltepec,
Oaxaca.
Further Information
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