Cuicatec languages

Cuicatec
Native to	Mexico
Region	Oaxaca
Ethnicity	Cuicatec
Native speakers	13,000 (2010 census)
Language family	Oto-Manguean Mixtecan Cuicatec
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: – Tepeuxila – Teutila
Glottolog	`cuic1234`
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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 Nahuatl exonym, from [ˈkʷika] 'song' [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: Tepeuxila Cuicatec and Teutila 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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