Meʼphaa people

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The Meʼphaa people are an Indigenous group of southern Mexico, primarily in Guerrero, known for their distinct culture, traditions, and language within the Oto-Manguean family.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Meʼphaa people canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
autonym Meʼphaa ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalExpression oral literature ⓘ
ritual healing practices ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
culturalRegion Mesoamerica ⓘ
exonym Tlapanec people ⓘ
facingIssue land conflicts ⓘ
linguistic endangerment ⓘ
marginalization ⓘ
governedBy traditional community assemblies ⓘ
hasCustom cargo system of civil-religious offices ⓘ
communal land tenure ⓘ
ritual festivals tied to agricultural calendar ⓘ
hasOrganization Meʼphaa community organizations in Guerrero ⓘ
historicalEvent Spanish colonization of Mexico ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ
indigenousTo Costa Chica region of Guerrero ⓘ
Sierra Madre del Sur ⓘ
language Meʼphaa language ⓘ
linked to: Me’phaa language
languageBranch Tlapanecan languages ⓘ
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
neighboringGroup Amuzgo people ⓘ
Mixtec people ⓘ
Nahuas ⓘ
linked to: Nahua
partOf indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
region southern Mexico ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rightsMovement indigenous rights movement in Mexico ⓘ
state Guerrero ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
textile weaving ⓘ
traditionalCrop beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Tlapanecan languages → areSpokenBy → Meʼphaa people ⓘ
Tlapanec → ethnolinguisticGroup → Meʼphaa people ⓘ
Meʼphaa languages → spokenBy → Meʼphaa people ⓘ
Meʼphaa → ethnicGroup → Meʼphaa people ⓘ