- Source: Cuicatecs
The Cuicatecs are an Indigenous people of Mexico. The Cuicatecs traditionally speak the Cuicatec language and are closely related to the Mixtecs. Alongside the Trique and Mixtecan, the Cuicatecs form one branch of the Otomanguean language family.
They inhabit two towns in the state of Oaxaca: Teutila and Tepeuxila. According to the 2012 census, they number around 12,785, of whom an estimated 65% are speakers of the language. The name Cuicatec is a Nahuatl exonym, from [ˈkʷika] 'song' [ˈteka] 'inhabitant of place of'.
References
External links
Cuicatec people on ILV México.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Cuicatecs
- Cuicatec language
- Cuicatec
- Tepeuxila Cuicatec language
- Teutila Cuicatec language
- List of contemporary ethnic groups
- Mexicans
- Indigenous peoples of Mexico
- Indigenous languages of the Americas
- Classification of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
