Of all the Chichimeca natives, the Guachichiles occupied the most extensive territory. Chichimeca was the name that the Nahuas generically applied to a wide range of semi- Nomadic peoples who inhabited the north of modern-day Mexico, and carried Most of their home laid in the present state of Zacatecas, but they also occupied parts of northern Jalisco. Zacatecas is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. It is located in the north-central region and it is bounded to the northwest by Durango Jalisco is a state in Mexico. The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara. They were considered both warlike and brave.
Origin of Name
The Guachichiles were known to paint their bodies, hair, and faces in red dye. For this reason they were called "guachichile" by the Mexica, meaning "heads painted of red". The Mexica ( Nahuatl: Mēxihcah, meːˈʃiʔkaʔ or Mexicans ( Spanish: Mexicanos) were an indigenous people of the
Language
The Guachichil language is now extinct and very little is known about it. According to some definitions an extinct language is a Language which no longer has any speakers, whereas a dead language is a language which is no longer spoken It may have been an Uto-Aztecan language closely related to the Huichol language. Uto-Aztecan (also Uto-Aztekan) is a Native American Language family. The Huichol language is an Indigenous language of Mexico, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan Language family.
References
- Miller, Wick. (1983). Uto-Aztecan languages. In W. C. Sturtevant (Ed. ), Handbook of North American Indians (Vol. 10, pp. 113-124). Washington, D. C. : Smithsonian Institution.
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