Mixe-Zoquean languages

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Mesoamerican Indian languages
- In Mesoamerican Indian languages: The classification and status of Mesoamerican languages

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Lyle Campbell

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Article revised.	Kathleen Kuiper Lyle Campbell	Nov 16, 2016
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998