“Triqui and other Latin American native languages are commonly referred to as dialects. (...) Instead of understanding them as languages that were spoken in the area long before the Spanish conquest, calling them dialects implies that they developed as derivatives of the real language, Spanish. This misinterpretation supports the prevalent attitude that indigenous Mexicans are less important, even less Mexican , than mestizo Mexicans” MexicanTriquiTriqui Language Book:Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States Source: Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States