Chocho people

"Chochos" redirects here. For other uses, see Chocho.

Chochos
(Ngiwa)
Total population
?
Regions with significant populations
Oaxaca	?
Languages
Spanish, Chocho
Religion
Catholicism

The Chochos (formerly Chochones; Chocho: Ngiwa) are an indigenous people of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

Language

Their traditional language, Chocho, is a member of the Popolocan branch of the Oto-Manguean language family. In 1998 it had 770 speakers.^[1] Chochos also speak Spanish, the dominant language of Mexico.

The Chocho name for themselves is Ngiwa. The Spanish and English names "Chochos" and "Chochones" are derived from the Nahuatl exonym Chochon (plural Chochontin). The Mixtec term for the Chochos is tay tocuii (also spelled tocuij or tocuiy).

Notes

↑ Ethnologue, 15th ed.

References

Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Chochotec". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (15th ed.). Dallas: SIL.

Indigenous peoples of Mexico

More than 100,000 people	Nahua Maya Zapotec Mixtec Otomi Totonac Tzotzil Tzeltal Mazahua Mazatec Huastec Ch'ol Chinantec Purépecha Mixe Tlapanec Tarahumara

20,000 – 100,000 people	Mayo Zoque Chontal Maya Popoluca Chatino Amuzgo Tojolabal Huichol Tepehuán Triqui Cora Mam Yaqui Cuicatec Huave

1000 – 20,000 people	Tepehua Kanjobal Pame Chichimeca Jonaz Guarijio Chuj Chocho Tacuate Mexicanero Ocuiltec Pima Bajo Jacaltec

Less than 1000 people	Kekchí Lacandon Ixcatecos Seri K'iche' Motocintlec Kaqchikel Paipai Tohono O'odham Cocopah Kumiai Kikapú Cochimí Ixil Kiliwa Aguacatec Opata

Note: List is ordered by decreasing size of population.

Indigenous peoples of Oaxaca

Amuzgo Chatino Chinanteco Chochotec Cuicateco Huave Ixcatec Mazateco Mixe Mixtec Oaxacan Chontal Popoluca Tacuate Trique Zapotec Zoque

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