San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

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San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo is a distinct regional variety of the Amuzgo language spoken primarily in and around the town of San Pedro Amuzgos in Oaxaca, Mexico.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo canonical 2
San Pedro Amuzgos dialect 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amuzgo language variety
language variety
belongsTo indigenous languages of Oaxaca
country Mexico
documentationIncludes grammatical descriptions
lexical databases
text collections
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Amuzgo people
glottocode amuz1258
hasAlternativeName Amuzgo de Oaxaca
Amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos
linked to: San Pedro Amuzgos

Northern Amuzgo
hasDomain home and community use
hasFeature complex morphology
tonal language
verb–initial tendencies
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant inventory
contrastive tone
nasal vowels
hasSyntacticFeature head-marking
rich verbal inflection
isDistinctFrom Ipalapa Amuzgo
linked to: Lower Amuzgo

Xochistlahuaca Amuzgo
ISO639-3 amu
languageBranch Amuzgo
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
languageOf San Pedro Amuzgos municipality
languageStatus indigenous language of Mexico
primaryTown San Pedro Amuzgos
recognizedBy Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
region Oaxaca
spokenIn Mexico
Oaxaca
linked to: Oaxaca state

San Pedro Amuzgos
subdivisionOf Amuzgo language
threatenedBy Spanish language shift
usedFor everyday communication
local religious practices
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amuzgo languageVariety San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
Upper Amuzgo hasDialect San Pedro Amuzgos dialect
linked to: San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
Xochistlahuaca Amuzgo hasDialectContinuumWith San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo