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Old June 20, 2008, 05:31 AM
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Tualar and Chularcitos

Tualar and Chularcitos are in California. They were named by the Spanish conquistadores, but what do these two words mean?
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I got the names wrong. It is Chualar, which got its name because it was prettyand Tularcitos because of the reeds in the swamp...
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According to some sources, Chualar, Monterey County, California, got its name from the indigenous word that means 'place where chual (California goosefoot/soap plant) grows'. Another source quotes pigweed as the name of the plant.
The Spanish adapted the native name.
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A mi me interesa las palabras indígenas gue tiene los pueblos, estado y privíncias de los Estados Unidos, el Canadá y México. Canadá y México son palabras indígenas. También Manhattan, Chicago, Missisippi,Michigan, Michoacán
Missouri, Alabama, Massachusetts. Circa de donde vivo hay Gowanis, Hackensack, Naragansset. Ho Ho Cus, Weehawken, Massapequa, Passaic,
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Tularcitos, the Spanish word for little tules (large bulrushes found in marshes), came from the Nahuatl word tōlin.
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Do you any of you know any words in Oaxacan dialect? I need to learn some of it. I'm wondering if there is a website with this information that you guys have come across, maybe?

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here you have náhuatl. I don't know if it's the dialect you're talking about
http://mexica.ohui.net/lecciones/5/
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Do you any of you know any words in Oaxacan dialect? I need to learn some of it. I'm wondering if there is a website with this information that you guys have come across, maybe?

Appreciate your help!

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I went hunting for the Oaxacan dialect and couldn't find it. What I found was that there are 16 indigenous languages spoken in Oaxaca. Which of those languages is of interest to you?
Here are the sixteen:
  • Náhuatl - 1 million speakers throughout central Mexico
  • Zapoteca - 400,000 speakers and 5 regional dialects
  • Mixteca - 320,000 speakers and 29 dialects throughout Oaxaca, Guerrero and Puebla
  • Mazateca - 150,000 speakers in Oaxaca, Veracruz and Puebla
  • Chinanteco - 77,000 speakers and 6 dialects
  • Mixe - 70,000 speakers and 4 dialects
  • Amuzgo - 20,000 speakers in Oaxaca and Guerrero
  • Chatino - 20,000 speakers and 3 dialects
  • Zoque - 20,000 speakers in Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco
  • Chicateco - 14,000 speakers
  • Popolaca - 12,000 speakers in Puebla and Oaxaca
  • Chontal - 10,000 speakers and 2 dialects
  • Huave - 10,000 speakers in southwest Oaxaca
  • Triqui - 8,000 speakers throughout Oaxacam Mexico City, Baja California, Sonora and the U.S.
  • Chocho - 3,000 speakers in Oaxaca
  • Ixcateco - 2,000 speakers in Oaxaca
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Anybody in Oxaca speak spanish?
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Anybody in Oxaca speak spanish?
Como dicen en mi país.....Holy Cow!!!

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