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Nicaragua

2024-09-30 06:04:30 UTC

Nicaragua - A Central American country and named after the peoples of the Nicarao and 'Agua' for its bodies of water. The Nicarao were originally moved south from El Salvador to find their new home in the now country of Nicaragua and have older ancestors in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.

Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico

2024-09-30 06:14:39 UTC

Mexico, named after the Mexica peoples, was centered by the city of Tenochtitlan. The Mexica peoples founded their empire long after the Mayans in the Yucatan Peninsula and were able to unite much of modern day Mexico until the arrival and conquest of the Spanish. The Nahuatl language still persists in Mexico till this day.

El Salvador

2024-09-30 06:22:36 UTC

The Pipil people and the Lenca people make up a majority of El Salvador's population and traces their history to beyond the Spanish conquest. The Pipil people share roots with the Mexicans and share a common root language of Nahual; whereas the Lenca people speak Chilanga, Putun, or Kotik.

China

2024-09-30 06:29:05 UTC

Made up of 56 ethnic groups, China is the most populous country in the world. These 56 ethnic groups all look, dress, eat, and even speak differently from each other! In the United States, it is most common to hear Cantonese since this was where many of Chinese people immigrated from. With some of the most documented history in the world, China's history spans about 4,000 years.

Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines

macalisanga — 2024-09-30 19:13:37 UTC

Igorot

From the root word golot, which means "mountain," Igolot means "people from the mountains", a reference to any of various ethnic groups in the mountains of northern Luzon. During the Spanish colonial era, the term was variously recorded as Igolot, Ygolot, and Igorrote, due to Spanish language in the Philippines.