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Mazahua, n. and a.|məˈzɑːwə|
Pl. Mazahuas.
[Sp.]
a. (A member of) a Central American Indian people inhabiting an area of Mexico to the north and west of Mexico City.
b. The language of the Mazahuas; also attrib. or as adj.
1787C. Cullen tr. Clavigero's Hist. Mexico I. ii. 105 The Mazahuas were once a part of the nation of the Otomies, as the languages of both nations are but different dialects of the same tongue. 1876G. Henderson tr. A. Garcia Cubas's Republic of Mexico xix. 121 The Mazahuas, who in the time of the Aztec empire pertained to the kingdom of Tlacopan, and whose dominions were bordered by Michoacan, consist of some 50,000. 1949E. A. Nida Morphol. (ed. 2) 36 Problem 27 (data from Mazahua, a language of Mexico). 1952J. R. Swanton Indian Tribes N. Amer. 627 Mazahua, a tribe of the Otomian linguistic family living in the western portion of the state of México and probably occupying some adjoining territory in Michoacán. 1971A. Iwańska Purgatory & Utopia i. 19 Archeologists and historians agree that unlike many other Indian groups now living in Central Mexico, Mazahuas have been among the oldest inhabitants of this territory. 1972Language XLVIII. 847, 6b is given by Hockett for..Bulgarian, Mazahua, Otomi nasal vowels. 1977T. A. Sebeok Native Langs. Americas II. 146 Otomí has over 180,000 speakers and Mazahua over 84,000. |