Mixtec

noun

Mix·​tec mē-ˈstek 

mi-,

-shtek

1

plural Mixtec or Mixtecs : a member of an Indigenous people of western Oaxaca and parts of adjacent states in southern Mexico

2

: the group of Otomanguean languages spoken by the Mixtec

Examples of Mixtec in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kaufman points to Mixtec, a group of Indigenous languages spoken in south-central Mexico, with 500,000 speakers. —New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish mixteco, from Nahuatl mixtēcatl, literally, inhabitant of Mixtlan (mountainous area of western Oaxaca), from mix- cloud + -tēcatl person (from)

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1