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Chochos
The Chochos (formerly Chochones; Chocho language, Chocho: ''Ngiwa'') are an Indigenous peoples in Mexico, indigenous people of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Language Their traditional language, Chocho language, Chocho, is a member of the Popolocan languages, Popolocan branch of the Oto-Manguean languages, Oto-Manguean language family. In 1998 it had 770 speakers.Ethnologue, 15th ed. Chochos also speak Spanish language, Spanish, the dominant language of Mexico. The Chocho name for themselves is ''Ngiwa''. The Spanish and English names "Chochos" and "Chochones" are derived from the Nahuatl exonym ''Chochon'' (plural ''Chochontin''). The Mixtec language, Mixtec term for the Chochos is ''tay tocuii'' (also spelled ''tocuij'' or ''tocuiy''). Notes References * Indigenous peoples in Mexico Pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico {{mesoamerica-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocho Language
Chocho (also Chocholtec, Chocholteco Chochotec, Chochon, or Ngigua) is a language of the Popolocan branch of the Oto-Manguean language family spoken in Mexico in the following communities of Oaxaca: San Miguel Chicahua (settlement of Llano Seco), Teotongo (settlements of El Progreso, El Tecomate, Guadalupe, and La Luz), San Miguel Huautla (settlement of Ocotlán), Santa Magdalena Jicotlán (settlements of San Mateo Tlapiltepec, and Santiago Tepetlapa), San Pedro Nopala (settlements of San Mateo Tlapiltepec, and Santa María Jicotlán), San Miguel Tequixtepec (settlement of Los Batos), San Francisco Teopan (settlements of Concepción Buenavista, Santiago Ihuitlán Plumas, Tepelmeme Villa de Morelos, and Tlacotepec Plumas), Ocotlán (settlements of Boquerón, San Antonio Nduayaco, Tierra Colorada, and Unión Palo Solo), Santa María Nativitas (settlements of Barrio Nicolás, Barrio Santiago, El Mirador, El Porvenir, Loma del Tepejillo, Pie del Cordoncillo, Primera Sección (Santa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |