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==Indigenous Languages of Oaxaca== | ==Indigenous Languages of Oaxaca== | ||
With one million indigenous speakers, or 35 percen,t of the population speaking an indigenous language, Oaxaca is Mexico's "most indigenous state."<ref>Tony Burton, "Did you know? Oaxaca is the most culturally diverse state in Mexico" (Mexconnect Mexico Culture and Arts, http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1165-did-you-know-oaxaca-is-the-most-culturally-diverse-state-in-mexico).</ref> | With one million indigenous speakers, or 35 percen,t of the population speaking an indigenous language, Oaxaca is Mexico's "most indigenous state."<ref>Tony Burton, "Did you know? Oaxaca is the most culturally diverse state in Mexico" (Mexconnect Mexico Culture and Arts, http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1165-did-you-know-oaxaca-is-the-most-culturally-diverse-state-in-mexico).</ref> How is Oaxaca the home to so many groups of native people? Because of its topography, explains Mexico expert John P. Schmal. In Oaxaca there are many valleys, isolated from other people by imposing mountains. Because of that isolation, groups who once spoke the same language are separated; their languages evolve and adapt until they are no longer recognizable as the same tongue.<ref>John P. Schaml, "Indigenous Languages of Mexico" (Mexconnect Mexico Culture and Arts, http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3689-indigenous-languages-in-mexico).</ref> | ||
The many and varied indigenous languages spoken in Oaxaca include:<br> | The many and varied indigenous languages spoken in Oaxaca include:<br> | ||
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*Mixe. The Mixe is an isolated language native spoken by about 115,000 Mexicans; Mixe speakers live in Oaxaca and Chiapas.<ref>John P. Schmal, "Indigenous Languages of Mexico," (Mexconnect Mexico Culture and Arts, http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3689-indigenous-languages-in-mexico), point 13</ref> | *Mixe. The Mixe is an isolated language native spoken by about 115,000 Mexicans; Mixe speakers live in Oaxaca and Chiapas.<ref>John P. Schmal, "Indigenous Languages of Mexico," (Mexconnect Mexico Culture and Arts, http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3689-indigenous-languages-in-mexico), point 13</ref> | ||
*Zoque. Zoque speakers are an even smaller minority group, within barely 50,000 speakers. They are closely related to Mixe speakers; the majority of Zoque live in Chiapas, with a smaller number living in Oaxaca.<ref>John P. Schmal, "Indigenous Languages of Mexico," (Mexconnect Mexico Culture and Arts, http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3689-indigenous-languages-in-mexico), point 18</ref> | *Zoque. Zoque speakers are an even smaller minority group, within barely 50,000 speakers. They are closely related to Mixe speakers; the majority of Zoque live in Chiapas, with a smaller number living in Oaxaca.<ref>John P. Schmal, "Indigenous Languages of Mexico," (Mexconnect Mexico Culture and Arts, http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3689-indigenous-languages-in-mexico), point 18</ref> | ||
*Amuzgo. Speakers | *Amuzgo. Speakers of Amuzgo, also an Oto-Manguean language, live primarily in Guerrero, and about 11 percent live in Oaxaca.<ref>John P. Schmal, "Indigenous Languages of Mexico," (Mexconnect Mexico Culture and Arts, http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3689-indigenous-languages-in-mexico), point 19</ref><br> | ||
==Indigenous Languages of Mexico== | ==Indigenous Languages of Mexico== | ||
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