Indigenous languages of Mesoamerica: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Middle American Indian languages • Mesoamerican Indian languages • Meso-American language

Topics

Seri language Misumalpan languages Macro-Mayan languages Lencan languages Jicaque language Mayan languages Totonacan languages Xinkan languages Aztec-Tanoan hypothesis Mixe-Zoquean languages South American Indian languages Indigenous languages of North America

Key People

Edward Sapir and colleagues from the University of Chicago

Edward Sapir

American linguist

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