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Tepeuxila Cuicatec |
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The Cuicatecs are an indigenous group of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, closely related to the Mixtecs. They inhabit two towns:
Teutila and Tepeuxila in western Oaxaca. According to the 2000 census, they number around 23,000, of whom an estimated 65%
are speakers of the language. The name Cuicatec is a 'song' [ˈteka ˈteka] 'inhabitant of place of'. The Cuicatec language
is an Oto-Manguean language of Mexico. It belongs to the Mixtecan branch together with the Mixtec languages and the Trique
language. The Ethnologue lists two major dialects of Cuicatec. Like other Oto-Manguean languages, Cuicatec is tonal. Cuicatec-language
programming is carried by the CDI's radio station XEOJN, based in San Lucas Ojitlán, Oaxaca. |
Names (more)[en] Cuicatec, Tepeuxila |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : cuxLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/cuxhttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:cux More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: cuxFreebase ISO 639-3 : cux GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |