Cáhita

Cáhita is a group of Indigenous peoples of Mexico, which includes the Yaqui and Mayo people. Numbering approximately 40,000, they live in west coast of the states of Sonora and Sinaloa.[1]

Cáhita
Total population
40,000
Regions with significant populations
Mexico ( Sonora) ( Sinaloa)
Languages
Cahita (Yaqui, Mayo)
Related ethnic groups
Mayo people, Yaqui people
Logo featuring images of Cáhita dancers

Language
Main article: Cahitan languages

Their languages, the Yaqui and Mayo languages, form the Cáhitan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. They are agglutinative languages, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes, with several morphemes strung together. The Cáhita population was drastically reduced by Spanish explorers around the 19th century.

References
  1. "Cahita: Orientation." Every Culture. (retrieved 30 Dec 2010)
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cahita". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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