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🧑‍🎤 A person or language 🌎 Of southern Mexico
Mixtec

Mixtec

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A member of a native people of southern Mexico or their language
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmɪksˌtɛk/
translation icon : mixteco
  • The Mixtec have a rich cultural heritage that includes vibrant festivals and traditional clothing.

Examples

  • Hence, the young Mixtec who lives in Fresno, California, and who no longer speaks his native language, is still a Mixtec.

    Academic text (2012)

  • But it's not going to happen if the guy with the tool belt is 5'2" and speaks Mixtec.

    Blog text (27)

  • Hence, the young Mixtec who lives in Fresno, California, and who no longer speaks his native language, is still a Mixtec.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Mask of Tezcatlipoca Mexica/Mixtec, 15th-16th century AD

    Blog text (3)

  • The Museo Comunitario "Hitalulu" (Mixtec for "Beautiful Flower") in San Martin Huamelulpan, Oaxaca.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The most widely spoken languages are the many (sometimes mutually unintelligible) dialects of Zapotec (spoken by approximately 350,000 people within the state) and Mixtec (spoken by approximately 250,000 people).

    Academic text (2006)

  • In the southern region of Mexico, many Mixtec people still practice ancient farming techniques.

  • She learned to speak Mixtec from her grandparents, who grew up in Oaxaca.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Mixtec comes from the Nahuatl name Mixtecatl, built from mixtli meaning 'cloud', so it means 'people of the cloud'. So a Mixtec is a person from that group, and Mixtec is also the name of their language.