Ñumí Mixtec

Ñumí Mixtec is a diverse Mixtec language of Oaxaca. It may be closest to Peñasco Mixtec.

Ñumí Mixtec
Native to	Mexico
Region	Oaxaca
Native speakers	(19,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Oto-Manguean Mixtecan Mixtec Ñumí–Tlacotepec ? Ñumí Mixtec
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: xtn – Northern Tlaxiaco mie – Ocotepec mvg – Yucuañe
Glottolog	ocot1243  Ocotepec yucu1250  Yucuane nort2985  Northern Tlaxiaco
ELP	Western Alta Mixtec (shared)

Dialects

Egland & Bartholomew^[2] found four dialects which have ca. 80% mutual intelligibility with each other, spoken in the following towns:

• (San Juan) Ñumí, (Santiago) Nunduchi, (San Sebastián) Nicananduta
• (San Antonio) Monteverde
• (Santo Tomás) Ocotepec
• (San Bartolomé) Yucuañe

Yucuañe is no longer being passed on to children.