Mazatecos Oaxaca



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the chinantecos account 10% of oaxaca s indigenous people, numbering @ 104,000. inhabit chinantla region of north central oaxaca near border of veracruz. chinanteco language has many 14 different dialects , part of oto-manguean linguistic group. historians believe living in region struggled maintain independence against sudden , numerous attacks zapotecs, mixtecs, mixes , aztecs. latter, led moctezuma i, conquered chinantla region during 15th century.








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