| Cuicatec | ||||
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| Spoken in | Mexico | |||
| Region | Oaxaca | |||
| Native speakers | 15,000 (date missing) | |||
| Language family |
Oto-Manguean
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| Writing system | Latin | |||
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| ISO 639-3 | either: cux – Tepeuxila cut – Teutila |
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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.[1]
The name Cuicatec is a Nahuatl exonym, from [ˈkʷika] 'song' [ˈteka] 'inhabitant of place of'.[2]
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.[3] 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.
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