Mazahuan.adj.

1787 C. Cullen tr. F. S. Clavigero Hist. Mexico I. ii. 105 The Mazahuas were once a part of the nation of the Otomies, as the languages of both nations are but different dialects of the same tongue.

1876 G. F. Henderson tr. A. García Cubas Republic of Mexico xix. 121 The Mazahuas, who in the time of the Aztec empire pertained to the kingdom of Tlacopan, and whose dominions were bordered by Michoacan, consist of some 50,000.

1952 J. R. Swanton Indian Tribes N. Amer. (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 145) 627 Mazahua, a tribe of the Otomian linguistic family living in the western portion of the state of México and probably occupying some adjoining territory in Michoacán.

1971 A. Iwańska Purgatory & Utopia i. 19 Archeologists and historians agree that..Mazahuas have been among the oldest inhabitants of this territory.

1999 Electronic Media (Nexis) 27 Jan. 24 Tens of thousands of the poor, shawl-covered Mazahua took jobs as ambulantes, selling fried pumpkin seeds or peanuts over a griddle.

1877 T. L. Kane in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1876–7 16 567 Our standard authority Humboldt’s remarks are, ‘The great variety of languages still spoken in the Kingdom of Mexico proves a great variety of races and origin. The number of these languages exceeds twenty’… To these, the Mazahua, Hauve, Serrano,—and, well, say a dozen others may safely be added.

1886 D. G. Brinton in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 23 69 Naxera made the statement that the Mazahua is monosyllabic, an error.

1926 J. M. Lenhart Lang. Stud. In Franciscan Order 82 A translation of Zumarraga’s Aztec catechism into Mazahua was used by the Friars during the latter part of the 16th century.

1949 E. A. Nida Morphol. (ed. 2) ii. 36 Problem 27 (data from Mazahua, a language of Mexico).

1977 T. A. Sebeok Native Lang. Americas II. 146 Otomí has over 180,000 speakers and Mazahua over 84,000.

1999 Britannica Online (Version 99.1) Mazahua, of the Oto-Pamean family, spoken in the states of Michoacán and México.

1965 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 30 96 A small Mexican barrio inhabited by Mazahua Indians.

1972 Language 48 847 6b is given by Hockett for..Bulgarian, Mazahua, Otomi nasal vowels.

1985 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 14 94 Some Mazahua potters modified their productive strategies.

1991 Contemp. Sociol. 20 101 Iwanska describes two communities—American farmers in the state of Washington and Mazahua Indians.