Ñuu Savi

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Ñuu Savi is the Indigenous Mixtec people and culture of southern Mexico, known for their rich pre-Columbian history, complex codices, and enduring linguistic and artistic traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Ñuu Savi canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
culture
alsoLocatedIn Guerrero
Puebla
linked to: Puebla (state)
codicesFunctionAs genealogical records
historical chronicles
ritual guides
codicesInclude Codex Bodley
Codex Nuttall
Codex Selden
Codex Vindobonensis
hasArtForm embroidery
jewelry making
metalwork
murals
polychrome ceramics
weaving
hasCulturalRegion Mixteca Alta
Mixteca Baja
Mixteca de la Costa
hasDiaspora Mexico City
United States
hasHistoricalCenter Coixtlahuaca
Tilantongo
Tututepec
hasHistoricalFigure Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw
hasLanguage Mixtec languages
hasNameInEnglish Mixtec people
hasNameInSpanish Mixtecos
linked to: Mixtec people
hasOralTradition myths and legends about rain and mountains
hasWritingTradition Mixtec codices
knownFor complex pictographic writing system
enduring artistic traditions
enduring linguistic traditions
pre-Columbian codices
rich pre-Columbian history
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
locatedIn southern Mexico
meaningOfName People of the Rain
partOf Mesoamerica
primarilyLocatedIn Oaxaca
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Mexico
religionTraditionsInclude veneration of rain deities
selfDesignation Ñuu Savi
traditionalCropsInclude beans
maize
squash
traditionalEconomyIncludes agriculture

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ñuu Savi civilization endonym Ñuu Savi
Mixtec people nativeName Ñuu Savi
Ñuu Savi selfDesignation Ñuu Savi
Codex Colombino culture Ñuu Savi