ISO 639-3 · mfymfy
Uto-Aztecan family
Mayo
Mayo is a language of the Uto-Aztecan branch, spoken in Mexico. Wikidata counts 39,000 first-language speakers (2020). Wikidata describes it as “Cahitan language spoken in Mexico”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mfy- Glottocode
mayo1264- Family
- Uto-Aztecan
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
39,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mayo |
|---|---|
| Also called | chumpo, Mayo language, Yoremnok'ki, mfy |
| L1 speakers | 39,000 (2020) |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uto-Aztecan to Mayo
The branches above Mayo, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
43Uto-AztecanfamilymfyMayolanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Mexico
spaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalvecVenetianIndo-European · 2 m5 · DevelopingqucK’iche’Central American Indian languages · 2 m4 · EducationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredzapZapotecCentral American Indian languages · 777,000yuaYucatec MayaCentral American Indian languages · 706,0005 · DevelopingrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedcakKaqchikelCentral American Indian languages · 500,0004 · EducationaltzoTzotzilCentral American Indian languages · 350,0006b · ThreatenedctuCh’olCentral American Indian languages · 180,0005 · Developing