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The Chichimeca Jonaz are an indigenous people of Mexico, living in the states of Guanajuato and San Luis Potosí. In Guanajuato, the Chichimeca Jonaz people live in a community in San Luis de la Paz municipality. The settlement is 2,070 m above sea level. They call this place Rancho Úza or Misión Chichimeca.
Spanish/Chichimeca interaction resulted in a "drastic population decline in population of all the peoples known collectively as Chichimecas, and to their eventual disappearance as peoples of all save the Pames of San Luis Potosí and the related Chichimeca-Jonaz of the Sierra Gorda in eastern Guanajuato."
Chichimeca or Chichimeca Jonaz is an indigenous language of Mexico spoken by around 200 Chichimeca Jonaz people in Misión de Chichimecas near San Luis de la Paz in the state of Guanajuato. The Chichimeca Jonaz language belongs to the Oto-Pamean branch of the Oto-Manguean language family.
Chichimeca Jonaz may refer to: Chichimeca Jonaz people, an ethnic group of Mexico; Chichimeca Jonaz language, a language of Mexico; See also.
Chichimeca Jonaz, Ximpece The north Pame , or Xi'iuy (alternate spelling: Xi'úi, Xi'ui, Xi'oi, or Xiyui ), as they refer to themselves, the south Pame, or Ñáhu , Nyaxu (in Hidalgo ), and the Pame in Querétaro or Re Nuye Eyyä , [ 1 ] are an Indigenous people of central Mexico primarily living in the state of San Luis Potosí .
In modern times only one ethnic group is customarily referred to as Chichimecs, namely the Chichimeca Jonaz, although lately this usage is being changed for simply "Jonáz" or their own name for themselves "Úza". The Chichimeca peoples were in fact many different groups with varying ethnic and linguistic affiliations.
A modern-day Chichimeca Jonaz person participating in a dance in Guanajuato. The conflict proved much more difficult and enduring than the Spanish anticipated. The first outbreak of hostilities was in late 1550 when Zacatecos attacked supply routes of Purépecha. A few days later they were attacking Spanish colonies less than 10 miles (16 km ...
The Otomi language is in the Oto-Pamean languages family (which also includes Chichimeca Jonaz, Mazahua, Pame, Ocuilteco, and Matlatzinca). The family in turn belongs to the Oto-Manguean languages (with Amuzgoan, Chinantecan, Mixtecan, Otopamean, Popolocan, Tlapanecan, and Zapotec language families).