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Tlacoachistlahuaca

"Tlacoachistlahuaca" is the name of an indigenous Amuzgo village in Guerrero, Mexico. Though the community is Amuzgo, the town's name comes from the Nahuatl (Aztec) language, where it means "opossum place." The Tlacoachistlahuaca people speak the Northern Amuzgo dialect.

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Here are links to our webpages about the Tlacoachistlahuaca tribe and language:

Tlacoachistlahuaca language
Amuzgo culture
Mexico Indians
Oto-Manguean
Mesoamerican culture

Here are links to more Internet resources about Tlacoachistlahuaca (in Spanish):
Tlacoachistlahuaca Guerrero
Wikipedia: Tlacoachistlahuaca
Artesanias Tlacoachistlahuaca y Xochistlahuaca

And here are a few good books about the Tlacoachistlahuacas:
Behind God's Back
Amuzgo-Spanish Dictionary
The Mesoamerican Indian Languages

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