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'{{Infobox Ethnic group | group = Cahíta | popplace = [[Mexico]] ([[Sonora]], [[Sinaloa]]) | population = 40,000 | languages = [[Cahita language|Cahita]] ([[Yaqui language|Yaqui]], [[Mayo language|Mayo]]) | religions = | related = [[Mayo people]], [[Yaqui people]], }} '''Cahíta''' is an umbrella term for several [[Indigenous peoples of Mexico]] in the West Coast states of [[Sonora]] and [[Sinaloa]].<ref name=brit>[http://www.everyculture.com/Middle-America-Caribbean/Cahita-Orientation.html "Cahita: Orientation."] ''Every Culture.'' (retrieved 30 Dec 2010)</ref> The term includes the [[Yaqui people|Yaqui]], [[Mayo people|Mayo]], and Tehueco peoples.<ref name=spicer262/> Despite being less advanced than the tribes further south, such as the Tahues and Totorames, more information exists about the Cahita because of evangelizing work carried out by Jesuit missionaries, who kept detailed documentation about the group. The Cáhita numbered approximately 40,000 in the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Cahita|volume=4|page=947}}</ref>{{update inline|reason=This stat is over 100 years old|date=June 2021}} == Origin == [[File:Logo-bacobampo.png|thumb|Graphic featuring images of Cáhita dancers]] An early 17th-century Jesuit first recorded the term ''Cáhita'', which referred to the Hiaki, Mayo, and Tehueco.<ref name="spicer262">{{cite book |author1=Edward H. Spicer |author1-link=Yaqui |editor1-last=Sturtevant |editor1-first=William C. |title=Handbook of North American Indians: Southwest, Vol. 10 |date=1983 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=978-1127536511 |page=262 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_of_North_American_Indians_South/SnDx4kXrO_EC}}</ref> Mid-19th-century Mexican scholars broaden the term ''Cáhita'' to refer to more region peoples.<ref name=spicer262/> ==Language== {{main|Cahitan languages}} Their languages, the [[Yaqui language|Yaqui]] and [[Mayo language|Mayo]] languages, form the [[Cahitan languages|Cáhitan branch]] of the [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan language family]]. They are [[agglutinative]] languages, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes, with several [[morpheme]]s strung together. The Cáhita population was drastically reduced by Spanish explorers during colonial times.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cahita}} [[Category:Agglutinative languages]] [[Category:Cáhita| ]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in Mexico]] [[Category:Indigenous peoples in Mexico]] {{NorthAm-native-stub}}'