VMY ISO 639-3
Mazatec, Ayautla
Enre naxinanda nguifi Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- vmy
- Alternate Names
- Mazateco del Sureste
- Autonym
- Enre naxinanda nguifi
- Population
- 3,700 (2005 census). Total Mazatec speakers: 237,000 (2020 INEGI). 2,800 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Teotitlán district, San Bartolomé Ayautla.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Popolocan, Mazatec
- Dialects
- None known. 80% intelligibility of Huautla [mau], 79% of San Miguel Hualtepec, 40% of Soyaltepec [vmp], 37% of Jalapa [maj], 24% of Ixcatlán [mzi].
- Language Use
- Prestigious. Vigorous. All domains. Used by all.
- Language Development
- 40 to 50 readers, very few write. There is a bilingual school. NT: 2009.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mazatec, Ayautla
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state: Teotitlán district, San Bartolomé Ayautla.
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