They speak a family of languages related to Papabuco and Chatino, and this group defeated the Zoquean to take control of Tehauntepec.
Linguist Jan Persons has noted a unique characteristic of these people's languages, in which one denotes respect by speaking in a falsetto voice. They speak a family of languages related to Papabuco and Chatino, and this group defeated the Zoquean to take control of Tehauntepec. These producers of the Mask of the Bat God had a religious pantheon led by the rain god Cosijo. A large ruin in Oaxaca with 170 tombs was taken over by the Mixtec after being inhabited by these people. For 10 points, name this indigenous Mesoamerican group, the first certainly known inhabitatants of Monte Alb?.
Linguist Jan Persons has noted a unique characteristic of these people's languages, in which one denotes respect by speaking in a falsetto voice.
Zapotecs