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The Mixtec (/ ˈ m iː s t ɛ k, ˈ m iː ʃ t ɛ k /) languages belong to the Mixtecan group of the Oto-Manguean language family. Mixtec is spoken in Mexico and is closely related to Trique and Cuicatec. The varieties of Mixtec are spoken by over half a million people.
Pre-Columbian Mixtecs numbered around 1.5 million. [7] Today there are approximately 800,000 Mixtec people in Mexico, and there are also large populations in the United States. The Mixtec languages form a major branch of the Oto-Manguean language family .
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The Mixtecan languages are a group of closely Oto-Manguean languages spoken by about half a million people in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla and Guerrero, and in California in the USA. The name Mixtec is a Nahuatl word meaning 'cloud' or 'inhabitant of place of'.
Sep 27, 2020 · Today there are approximately 800,000 Mixtec people in Mexico, and there are also large populations in the United States. In recent years a large exodus of indigenous peoples from Oaxaca, such as the Zapotec and Triqui, have emerged as one of the most numerous groups of Amerindians in the United States.
Previous Research. ELA's Work. In New York. Mixtec is a broad term for a dialect cluster of over 50 closely related language varieties spoken in the region of Mexico sometimes known as “La Mixteca” and encompassing parts of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Guerrero.
Classification of Mixtec languages. The distribution of various Mixtec languages and their classification per Glottolog. Regions and districts of Oaxaca. The internal classification of Mixtec is controversial. Many varieties are mutually unintelligible and by that criterion separate languages.
Today there are approximately 800,000 Mixtec people in Mexico, and there are also large populations in the United States. In recent years a large exodus of indigenous peoples from Oaxaca, such as the Zapotec and Triqui, have emerged as one of the most numerous groups of Amerindians in the United States.
