Guanaceví, Durango

[Mario E. Aguilar]

The ending of this town reminds me of the indigenous people of Califonria known as the Chemehuevi.  According to : http://www.fourdir.com/chemehuevi.htm
the are         Southern Numic
Family:         Numic
Stock:          Uto-Aztecan
Phylum:         Aztec-Tanoan
Macro-Culture:  Colorado River

Maybe it is a name from the TUBAR, TEPEHUÁN, or PIMA BAJO peoples: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=1847



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> From: idiez at MAC.COM
> Date: 2005/02/04 Fri PM 02:50:19 EST
> To: NAHUAT-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: Guanaceví, Durango
>
> A teacher from the state of Durango has asked me for the meaning and
> origin of the name of a municipality in that state: Guanaceví. For
> those listeros who can`t read accented characters, the last letter of
> the word is an accented "i". Any ideas on the language this word comes
> from?
>
> John Sullivan, Ph.D.
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