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A preliminary analysis of a selected portion of reconstructed Proto-Mixtecan and Proto-Amuzgo-Mixtecan vocabularies. Based on this analysis, a rough ethnographic sketch of the life of speakers of these languages is obtained.
Amuzgo-Mixtecan tones now, more comprehensive and reliable data are necessary to reconstruct the Proto-Mixtecan and Proto-Amuzgo-Mixtecan tone systems. In this presentation, I will briefly review the previous studies of Amuzgo-Mixtecan tones and discuss what kind of information is further necessary to make more reliable
3.0. The linguistic evaluation of a set provides the framework for its cultural evaluation, but however strong it may be linguistically this does not provide proof that the specific aspect of Proto-Mixtecan or Proto-Amuzgo-Mixtecan life it represents actually existed on the horizon.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen. Other articles where Amuzgo language is discussed: Amuzgo: Their language is related to that of the Mixtec, their neighbours to the north and west. Although many Amuzgo can speak Spanish, the majority (about 65 percent) speak only Amuzgo.
In Amuzgo-Mixtecan languages except Triqui languages, phonemic tones may occur on any syllable. ...
The Mixtecan languages constitute a branch of the Otomanguean language family of Mexico. They include the Trique (or Triqui) languages, spoken by about 24,500 people; Cuicatec, spoken by about 15,000 people; and the large expanse of Mixtec languages, spoken by about 511,000 people. [2] The relationship between Trique, Cuicatec, and Mixtec, is ...
CVCV approach, enabled by the assumption that the Proto-Amuzgo-Mixtecan *CVCV lexical root survives today in XA as CCVV(ʔ), the maximal lexical root. The monosyllabic economy that sets XA apart from its sister languages influences strategies that block against morphophonological change triggered by inflection, or that enhance contrast
