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Covid-19 Vaccine Ingigenaus Languagues Mixteco -Bajo

Jun 07, 202138 min
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The name "Mixteco" is a Nahuatl exonym, from mixtecatl, from mixtli [miʃ.t͡ɬi] ("cloud") + -catl [kat͡ɬ] ("inhabitant of place of"). Speakers of Mixtec use an expression (which varies by dialect) to refer  to their own language, and this expression generally means "sound" or  "word of the rain":  dzaha dzavui in Classical Mixtec; or "word of the people of the rain", dzaha Ñudzahui (Dzaha Ñudzavui) in Classical Mixtec.

The traditional range of the Mixtec languages is the region known as La Mixteca, which is shared by the states of Oaxaca, Puebla and Guerrero.  Because of migration from this region, mostly as a result of extreme  poverty, the Mixtec languages have expanded to Mexico's main urban  areas, particularly the State of México and the Federal District, to certain agricultural areas such as the San Quintín valley in Baja California and parts of Morelos and Sonora, and into the United States.


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