Mexicanero language

Mexicanero is the Nahuan language spoken by the Mexicanero people of southern Durango and northern Nayarit. It has around 1000 speakers in the remote towns of San Pedro Jícora and San Juan Buenaventura in the Mezquital municipality, Durango, where they coexist with speakers of Low Southern Tepehuán, and some 300 speakers in the Acaponeta municipality of Nayarit. There are significant differences between the varieties of San Pedro Jícora on the one hand and San Agustín Buenaventura and Nayarit on the other. The language is vibrant and spoken by adults and children.^[2]

Mexicanero
Durango Nahuatl
Náhuat de Durango
Native to	Mexico
Region	South Durango, Nayarit
Native speakers	1,300 (2011)[1]
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Aztecan (Nahuan) Nahuatl (dialects) Western Peripheral Nahuatl Colima–Durango Mexicanero
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: azd – Eastern Durango Nahuatl azn – Western Durango Nahuatl
Glottolog	dura1246

Mexicanero is one of the peripheral Nahuatl languages. It uses the -lo suffix to express plurality of subject. Due to the loss of certain syllables it has acquired phonemic stress.^[3]