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which the area is around the pueblo of Coixtlahuaca, although he
does not include it in his list of pueblos (1 : 196).
The Tlapanec group is located by Orozco y Berra in Guerrero,
along the southwestern boundary of the !Mixtec territory. The
Popoloco, as stated above and demonstrated by a vocabulary col-
lected by Dr. Berendt, ancientl}^ spoke a Mixe dialect.
Amishgo
(Synonym: Amusgo, Amuchco)
This language belongs to the Zapotecan family and appears to be
a dialect of Mixtec. According to Orozco y Berra' s map, which is
followed here, the people speaking it occupied a wedge-shaped area
extending northward from the Pacific coast into the Mixtec territory
about the middle of its southern boundary. Villa-Senor y Sanchez
(ii, 162-163) refers to the tribe (sub tribe) and the idiom, but does
not definitely give the location. It is noticeable that the names of
several of the pueblos mentioned by Orozco y Berra end in tepee,
indicating the presence of a Mexican element.
Chatino
The Chatino are resident in Oaxaca, in the departments of Centro
and Jamiltepec, and are wedged between the Mixtec and the
Zapotec, extending from the Pacific coast northward. Orozco y
Berra (1:189) says merely, "In the departments of Centro and
Jamiltepec between the Zapotec and IViixtec," and gives a hst of the
pueblos where the language is spoken. He places it in his list of
unclassified languages.
The author has not succeeded in finding the evidence by which to
determine its linguistic relations, but following other writers it has
been classed provisionally as Zapotecan.
Mazateco
The Mazatec tribe is located on our map in Oaxaca, along the
northern border of the Zapotec area where the Puebla and Vera Cruz
fines meet, extending sfightly into the latter. Orozco y Berra says,
in the department of Teotitlan; Professor Starr says, in the districts of
Cuicatlan andTeotitlan; Belmar (2: 1) says, in the district of Teotitlan
del Camino, state of Oaxaca. Clavigero states that northward of the
Mixtecas was the province of Mazatlan, the inhabitants of which were
called Mazatecas (i, 6)
Orozco y Berra did not attempt to classify the language, but Pimentel
was inclined to refer it to the " ]\Iixteco-Zapoteco " stock, or
what is here termed the Zapotecan family. This assignment is now
universally accepted by students. It seems to be closely related to
Chocho and Trike, especially the former. Belmar (2 : 1) says the Ian-