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	Zapotec		Cuicatec		Chinantec		Nahua
	Chatino		Mazatec		Huave		Chontal de Oaxaca
	Mixtec		Ixcatec		Zoque
	Amuzgo		Chocho		Mixe

Total Populations of the above Indigenous Speaking People in the Country of México. This is according to a 1990 census of people ages 5 and over by the Instituto de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI).

Amuzgo 28,228 Chatino 28,987 Chinantec 103,942 Chocho 12,553 Chontal de Oaxaca 2,232 Cuicatec 12,677 Huave 11,955 Ixcatec 1,220 Mazatec 168,374 Mixe 95,264 Mixtec 383,544 Náhuatl 1,197,328 Zapotec 380,690 Zoque 43,160 Total Indigenous _________ in Mexico 5,282,347

Return to History of the Region.
Get a taste of Oaxacan culture, see Food of the Gods.
Link to Lawrence K. Lo's page on Zapotec writing.
Link to Utilization of Medicinal Plant Species in the Zapotec Community of Yatzachi el Bajo, Oaxaca, Mexico by Gina Marie McAndrews
Link to an article on the Mazatec Indians by Henry Munn, The Mushrooms of Language.
The Jonathan and Floriana Rapoport Foundation. Information on Zapotec culture.

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