Mixteco

American  

[mees-tek-oh] / misˈtɛk oʊ /

noun

• Mixtecos,
  plural
• Mixteco
  plural

1. Mixtec.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Mixteco
  plural
• Mixtecos
  plural

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Example Sentences

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Mixteco Mixtecos

The Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project fosters “community with 60 to 100 Indigenous youth from the Mixteco, Zapotec, and many other Diasporic communities throughout the Central Coast.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026

She dreams of becoming a nurse and using her Spanish and Mixteco language skills to help her community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

“My children would only tell me we needed to leave our home,” Lopez said in Mixteco while Adolfo-Morales interpreted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

She said that sometimes her ability to communicate was limited by the diversity of Indigenous languages — there are dozens of variations of Mixteco, often revolving around people’s hometowns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

Mixteco is also spoken in the states of Michoacán and Puebla.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

He started working in the fields when he was 13 years old to help his parents, Indigenous Mixtecos who came to the U.S. from the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

But most, like Jose, were born in the U.S. and work alongside their immigrant parents — many of whom are Mixtecos, Indigenous people who emigrated primarily from the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Michoacán and Guerrero.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

Oaxaca has more than a dozen ethnicities including Mixtecos and Zapotecs.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022

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