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4 unusual facts about Mixtecan languages


Francisco de Alvarado

It is therefore impossible to determine to which of these works is due the honour of having been the first in and on the Mixtecan languages.

Ixtlán de Juárez

An alternative proposed derivation is from Mixtec words meaning "place of obsidian", and the town uses a logo that depicts an object made of obsidian.

Paul De Muniz

He was only given a Spanish interpreter to assist in the language barrier, however his primary language was Mixtec.

Yucuquimi de Ocampo

The Mixtec Language, specifically Mixteco de Tezoatlán, as well as Spanish is widely spoken here.


Atonal II

Atonal II (Nahuatl name), also referred to as Atonaltzin (Nahuatl reverential form), Dzawindanda (Mixtec name), or Lord 6 Water, was a 15th-century ruler of the Mixtec kingdom of Coixtlahuaca.

Demographics of Oaxaca

The Mixtecan language family, as one of the largest and most diverse families in the Oto-Manguean group, includes three groups of languages: Mixtec, Cuicatec, and Trique.


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