Data collected by the Latin Union, engaged to promote the cultural heritages of their 37 member states.

Data on Amuzgo

Alternative names: Amochco, Ñomndaa, Jñon’ndaa, Amoxco, Ñonnd

Classification: Oto-Manguean language family

Area: Mexico (Sierra Madre del Sur)

Number of speakers: 36 384

INALI and SIL estimate 28 000 speakers. A variation of Amuzgo is spoken by over 23 000 people in the South-East of the state of Guerrero. Two other variations are spoken in the South-East of the state of Oaxaca, in San Pedro Amuzgos (4 000 speakers) and in Santa Maria Ipalapa (1 200 speakers).

Language status: No official status.

Vitality & transmission: No available data at this point.

Sources & additional bibliography:

Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas – INALI (2005), Catálogo de lenguas indígenas mexicanas: Cartografía contemporánea de sus asentamientos históricos.

To find out more:

SIL: 
http://www.sil.org/MEXICO/amuzga/00e-amuzga.htm