1976/01/01 by Lyle Campbell, Terrence Kaufman · 8 citations
Arts and Humanities · #Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies #Linguistics #Vocabulary #Loan #History #Philosophy
paper · doi:10.2307/279044
openalex publication_date 1976/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
This paper explores the hypothesis that the archaeological Olmecs, at least in part, were speakers of Mixe-Zoquean languages. The hypothesis is supported by not only geographical and temporal correlation, but by Mixe-Zoquean loan words in other Mesoamerican languages, many of which refer to things diagnostic of the Mesoamerican culture area. Also the cultural inventory revealed in Proto-Mixe-Zoquean vocabulary provides additional support.