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Amuzgo

Definitions

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  • proper noun An indigenous language of Mexico (Oto-Manguean language family) with about 30,000 speakers, mostly in Oaxaca state.

Etymologies

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The origin and meaning of the name “Amuzgo” is unclear, and there are several theories. It seems likely that the name comes from one of the many Nahuatl languages (Uto-Aztecan language family): (1) One claim says that it comes from Nahuatl amoxco ("Place of Books"); (2) another is that it began as amuchco ("where there is tin"), composed of amuchitl ("tin") and -co ("in, at"); (3) a third idea is that it comes from Nahuatl amochitl ("where there is copper").

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Examples

  • All but five of these persons were Maya Indians, while four spoke the Amuzgo language.

    Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world 2009

  • All but five of these persons were Maya Indians, while four spoke the Amuzgo language.

    Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world 2009

  • For the 2000 census, 4,819 individuals aged five or more claimed to speak the Amuzgo language, representing 0.43% of Oaxaca's total indigenous figure.

    The indigenous people of Oaxaca 2008

  • This makes the Amuzgo language the thirteenth most common linguistic group of all Oaxaca's indigenous tongues.

    The indigenous people of Oaxaca 2008

  • As a part of the Oto-Manguean language family, the Amuzgo Indians inhabit the border region of southeastern Guerrero and southwestern Oaxaca.

    The indigenous people of Oaxaca 2008

  • This makes the Amuzgo language the thirteenth most common linguistic group of all Oaxaca's indigenous tongues.

    The indigenous people of Oaxaca 2008

  • As a part of the Oto-Manguean language family, the Amuzgo Indians inhabit the border region of southeastern Guerrero and southwestern Oaxaca.

    The indigenous people of Oaxaca 2008

  • For the 2000 census, 4,819 individuals aged five or more claimed to speak the Amuzgo language, representing 0.43% of Oaxaca's total indigenous figure.

    The indigenous people of Oaxaca 2008

  • National Faculty of Anthropology and History in Mexico City, founded the Tlachinollah Center in his hometown, Tlapa Comonfort, in 1994 in order to promote community development and provide human rights education and legal assistance to the Naua, Me'phaa, Mixteco, and Amuzgo indigenous peoples of the region.

    Human Rights - INTER PRESS SERVICE Jim Lobe 2010

  • National Faculty of Anthropology and History in Mexico City, founded the Tlachinollah Center in his hometown, Tlapa Comonfort, in 1994 in order to promote community development and provide human rights education and legal assistance to the Naua, Me'phaa, Mixteco, and Amuzgo indigenous peoples of the region.

    North America - INTER PRESS SERVICE Jim Lobe 2010

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