- chorotegan
- cho·ro·te·gan
English syllables. 2014.
chorotegan
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chorotegan — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷gən noun (plural chorotegan or chorotegans) Usage: usually capitalized : a language family of Mexico and Central America, including the languages of the Chiapanecs, Chorotegas, Mangues, and Orotiñas … Useful english dictionary
Mesoamerican languages — Maya glyphs in stucco at the Museo de sitio in Palenque, Mexico. An example of text in a Mesoamerican language written in an indigeous mesoamerican writing system Mesoamerican languages are the languages indigenous to the Mesoamerican cultural… … Wikipedia
Chorotega — ▪ people the most powerful American Indian tribe of northwest Costa Rica at the time of the Spanish conquest. They spoke Mangue, a language of Oto Manguean stock, and had probably migrated from a homeland in Chiapas many generations prior… … Universalium
Middle American Indian — ▪ people Introduction member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the area from northern Mexico to Nicaragua. The physical spine of Middle America is the broad mountain chain extending from the southern end of the Rockies to… … Universalium
Ometepe (archaeological site) — Ometepe Island is an important archaeological site, located in the Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua, administratively belongs to the Rivas Department. Its name derives from the Nahuatl words ome (two) and tepetl (mountain), meaning two … Wikipedia
chiapanecan — chē|äpə|nekən noun Usage: usually capitalized : chorotegan … Useful english dictionary
orotiña — ˌȯrəˈtēnyə noun (plural orotiña or orotiñas) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a Chorotegan people of western Costa Rica 2. : a member of the Orotiña people … Useful english dictionary
