Mixtec

American  

[mees-tek] / ˈmis tɛk /

noun

plural

Mixtecs,

plural

Mixtec

1. a member of an Indigenous people of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Puebla, Mexico.

2. the Oto-Manguean language of the Mixtecs, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Mixtec or their language

Mixtec British  

/ ˈmiːstɛk /

noun

1. a member of an American Indian people of Mexico

2. the language of this people

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Other Word Forms

• Mixtecan adjective

Etymology

Origin of Mixtec

First recorded in 1840–50; from Mexican Spanish mixteco, from Nahuatl mixtēcah, plural of mixtēcatl “person from Mixtlān ” ( mix ( tli ) “cloud” + -tlān locative suffix, -tēcatl suffix of personal nouns)

Example Sentences

Her eye for cinema is evident in the brash photos she took in 1992 of the annual sacrifice of hundreds of goats that takes place in the Mixtec Mountains of Oaxaca.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mixtec filmmaker Ángeles Cruz returns — after her acclaimed drama “Nudo Mixteco” — with a radiant portrait of childhood laced with delicate touches of magical realism.

From Los Angeles Times

The only issue is that from the hereafter dad only speaks to her in Mixtec, the native language of their community, which she never learned.

From Los Angeles Times

Clinics are far from where they live, she said, and many don’t speak English or Spanish — for instance, they may speak Indigenous languages such as Mixtec, which is common in parts of Mexico.

From Salon

Her nomination comes four years after Yalitza Aparicio, who is of indigenous Mixtec descent, was nominated in the same category for her role in Alfonso Cuarón’s 2018 film “Roma.”

From Salon