Garza, also called Meakán, is an extinct Comecrudan language of

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. It is known from two tribal names and twenty-one words recorded from the chief of the Garza by

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in 1828 (Berlandier et al. 1828–1829, 1850: 143–144). At that time, the Garza all spoke Spanish and were acculturated. The Garza may have been the same as the Atanguaypacam tribe (of the Comecrudo) recorded in 1748. The Garza were called or by the neighboring Cotoname (Gatschet 1886: 54) while they called the Cotoname . ''Garza'' is Spanish for "

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* Berlandier, Jean L.; & Chowell, Rafael (1828–1829). ocabularies of languages of south Texas and the lower Rio Grande (Additional manuscripts, no. 38720, in the British Library, London.) * Berlandier, Jean L.; & Chowell, Rafael (1850). Luis Berlandier and Rafael Chovell. ''Diario de viage de la Commission de Limites''. Mexico. * Gatschet, Albert S. (1886). omecrudo and Cotoname vocabularies, collected at Las Prietas, Tamaulipas Ms. 297, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. * Saldivar, Gabriel. (1943). ''Los indios de Tamaulipas''. Instituto panamerico de geografía e historia, Publication 70. Pakawan languages Comecrudan languages Extinct languages of North America {{indigenousAmerican-lang-stub