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Meso-America
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16,205 speakers in Guerrero; 2,454 speakers in Oaxaca; "Amuzgo is said to have the highest percentage of monolinguals (38 per cent) among all native languages of Mexico" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:197).

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2007

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Mexico

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"In a border area of the states of Guerrero...and Oaxaca...not far from the Pacific coast" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:197).

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"In a border area of the states of Guerrero...and Oaxaca...not far from the Pacific coast" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:197).

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23,000

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10,000 monolinguals (1990 census)

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2009

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Mexico

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Southeast Guerrero, Xochistlahuaca municipality, Zacoalpan, Cochoapa, Huehuetonoc, Tlacoachistlahuaca, Guadalupe Victoria, Cozoyoapan, Huistepec, and Rancho del Cura. Santa Catarina River separates Guerrero variety from Oaxaca varieties.

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Southeast Guerrero, Xochistlahuaca municipality, Zacoalpan, Cochoapa, Huehuetonoc, Tlacoachistlahuaca, Guadalupe Victoria, Cozoyoapan, Huistepec, and Rancho del Cura. Santa Catarina River separates Guerrero variety from Oaxaca varieties.

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28,228

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1993

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2005

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16.8333333333,-98.0

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  3. La población hablante de lengua indígena en México
    INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) (1993) La población hablante de lengua indígena en México (XI Censo General de Población y Vivienda, 1990). Aguascalientes: INEGI.
  4. Meso-America
    Adelaar, William and J. Diego Quesada. 2007. "Meso-America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 197-209. London and New York: Routledge.
  5. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  6. Amuzgo syllable dynamics
    Bauernschmidt, A. 1965. "Amuzgo Syllable Dynamics." In Language, 41: 471-483.
  7. On the Linguistic Affinities of Amuzgo
    Longacre, Robert E. 1966. "On the Linguistic Affinities of Amuzgo." In International Journal of American Linguistics, 32 , no. 1: 46-49.
  8. Proto-Mixtecan and Proto-Amuzgo-Mixtecan vocabularies: a preliminary cultural analysis
    1961. "Proto-Mixtecan and Proto-Amuzgo-Mixtecan Vocabularies: a Preliminary Cultural Analysis." In Anthropological Linguistics, 3 , no. 4: 1-44.