Amuzgo people

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The Amuzgo people are an indigenous Mesoamerican group primarily inhabiting the border region of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean language and rich textile-weaving traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amuzgo people canonical 29
Oto-Manguean peoples 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
autonymLanguage Amuzgo language ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalHeritage oral tradition ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
culturalRegion Mesoamerica ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn Mexico ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Amuzgo ⓘ
governedBy municipalities of Guerrero ⓘ
municipalities of Oaxaca ⓘ
hasSubgroup Guerrero Amuzgo ⓘ
linked to: Northern Amuzgo

Northern Amuzgo ⓘ
Oaxaca Amuzgo ⓘ
Southern Amuzgo ⓘ
linked to: Lower Amuzgo
historicalPeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Columbian era
indigenousTo Sierra Madre del Sur region ⓘ
knownFor backstrap loom weaving ⓘ
textile weaving ⓘ
traditional clothing ⓘ
language Amuzgo language ⓘ
languageBranch Amuzgoan ⓘ
linked to: Amuzgo language
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
languageStatus indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ
locatedIn southern Mexico ⓘ
neighboringPeoples Mixtec people ⓘ
Nahua people ⓘ
linked to: Nahua

Tlapanec people ⓘ
partOf Oto-Manguean-speaking peoples ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
primaryRegion Guerrero ⓘ
Oaxaca ⓘ
regionType border region of Guerrero and Oaxaca ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
indigenous Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
traditionalCraft cotton textiles ⓘ
embroidered garments ⓘ
handwoven huipils ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
textile production ⓘ
traditionalGarment huipil ⓘ
rebozo ⓘ
traditionalMaterial cotton ⓘ
traditionalTechnique natural dyeing ⓘ
UNESCOCategory intangible cultural heritage (textile traditions, potential) ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amuzgo → ethnolinguisticGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Mixtec people → relatedEthnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Region of Sierra Sur → hasEthnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Costa Chica of Oaxaca → ethnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Amuzgo language → spokenBy → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Ñomndaa → ethnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Upper Amuzgo → ethnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo → ethnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Xochistlahuaca Amuzgo → ethnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Lower Amuzgo → spokenBy → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Chontal of Oaxaca → ethnolinguisticGroup → Oto-Manguean peoples ⓘ
linked to: Amuzgo people
Guerrero region → indigenousGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Tlapanec people → relatedEthnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Meʼphaa people → neighboringGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Otomí → partOf → Oto-Manguean peoples ⓘ
linked to: Amuzgo people
Southern Oaxaca → hasEthnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Oaxaca
Northern Amuzgo → spokenBy → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Amuzgo Alto → ethnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
San Pedro Amuzgos → ethnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Amuzgo de Oaxaca → spokenBy → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Amuzgo de Oaxaca → hasEthnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Costa Amuzgo → spokenBy → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Costa Amuzgo → usedByEthnicGroup → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Oaxaca Amuzgo → subgroupOf → Amuzgo people ⓘ
Xochistlahuaca → ethnicGroupMajority → Amuzgo people ⓘ