Pronunciation: (mēs'tek), [key]
—pl. -tecs, (esp. collectively) -tec for 1.
1. a member of an Amerindian people of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Puebla, Mexico.
2. the Oto-Manguean language of the Mixtecs, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects. Also,Mixteco.
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