Mixtecanadj.n.
/miːˈstɛkən/, /miːˈʃtɛkən/, U.S. /ˌmiˈstɛk(ə)n/ A. adj.
= Mixtec adj.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Oto-Manguean
Mixtecan1787
Otomi1843
Trique1891
Mazatec1892
Otomian1911
Zapotecan1922
Oto-Manguean1958
Mazahua1965
1787 C. Cullen tr. F. S. Clavigero Hist. Mexico II. App. vi. 413/1 Some European and Creole Authors, who have written on the doctrines of Christianity and Morality, in the Languages of New Spain... In the Mixtecan Language [It. in lingua Mixteca]..Ant. Gonzales, D. Creole [etc.].
1932 National Geographic Mag. 62 512/1 The objects of the upper burial..are Mixtecan.
1978 Language 54 506 First, in the Mixtecan family of Oaxaca [etc.].
1992 Internat. Encycl. Linguistics 432/2 Mixtecan languages are spoken in Oaxaca State and adjacent areas of central Mexico.
B. n.
1. = Mixtec n. 2.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > Central Amerindian languages > Oto-Manguean languages > Mixtecan
Mixtecan1787
Mixteca1850
Mixtec1881
Mixteco1911
1787 C. Cullen tr. F. S. Clavigero Hist. Mexico II. App. vi. 414/2 Authors of Grammars and Dictionaries of the above mentioned languages... Mixtecan. Ant. de los Reyes, Gram.
1870 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 61 He [sc. Clavigero] names..the following languages..of which a grammar, a dictionary, or both had been prepared: viz. Mexican, Otomie, Tarascan, Zapotecan, Miztecan, [etc.].
1968 N. Chomsky & M. Halle Sound Pattern Eng. 377 In languages such as Mixtecan or Chinese, each vowel in the word may have its own distinctive prosodic features.
1995 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 61 184 In Mixtecan, there are two sets of pronouns.
2. = Mixtec n. 1.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > peoples of Central America
Chichimeca1578
Miskito1697
Tiwa1710
Nahuatlaca1775
Otomi1782
Aztec1787
Mazahua1787
Mixteca1787
Totonac1787
Zapotec1797
Chichimec1809
Quiché1823
Mayo1829
Seri1829
Mixtec1852
Olmec1852
Mogollon1855
Mimbres1859
Yaqui1861
Cuna1868
Tzeltal1868
Nahuatl1873
Huastec1874
Tarahumara1874
Tlapanec1874
Bribri1875
Nahua1875
Mangue1876
Mazatec1878
Subtiaba1891
Tequistlatec1891
Trique1891
Nahuatlan1897
Huichol1900
Mixtecan1900
Tarascan1931
Mixe–Zoque1957
Mixteco1972
Garifuna1977
Mixean1982
Garinagu1983
Mixe–Zoquean1989
1900 Science 5 Jan. 19/1 The other prominent cultures of this ancient time in Mexico are attributed to the Tarascans in the States of Michoacan and Jalisco, the Zapotecans and the Mixtecans in the State of Oaxaca [etc.].
1966 A. K. Romney & R. Romney (title) The Mixtecans of Juxtlahuaca, Mexico.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1787