Cáhita

Cahíta
Total population
	40,000
Regions with significant populations
	Mexico ( Sonora) ( Sinaloa)
Languages
	Cahita (Yaqui, Mayo)
Related ethnic groups
	Mayo people, Yaqui people

Logo featuring images of Cáhita dancers

Cahíta is a group of Indigenous peoples of Mexico, which includes the Yaqui and Mayo people. Numbering approximately 40,000,^[1]^{[needs update]} they live in west coast of the states of Sonora and Sinaloa.^[2]

Language[]

Their languages, the Yaqui and Mayo languages, form the Cáhitan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. They are agglutinative languages, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes, with several morphemes strung together. The Cáhita population was drastically reduced by Spanish explorers around the 19th century.

References[]

^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cahita" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 947.
^ "Cahita: Orientation." Every Culture. (retrieved 30 Dec 2010)

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[1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cahita" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 947.

[brit-2] "Cahita: Orientation." Every Culture. (retrieved 30 Dec 2010)

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