Morelos Nahuatl

Morelos Nahuatl includes varieties of the Nahuatl language that are spoken in the state of Morelos, Mexico. In Morelos, Nahuatl is spoken in the communities of Cuentepec, Hueyapan, Santa Catarina, Xoxocotla, Atlacholoayan and Tetelcingo. But Tetelcingo Nahuatl is usually considered a separate variety due to its highly innovative phonology, and has very low mutual intelligibility with the other Morelos variants. Ethnologue also considers the varieties of San Felipe Tocla and Alpanocan to belong to the Morelos Nahuatl group of dialects although they are located in the state of Puebla.^[2] The dialects belong to the Central dialects closely related to Classical Nahuatl.^[3]

Morelos Nahuatl
Native to	Mexico
Region	Morelos
Native speakers	(19,000 cited 2000 census)[1]
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Aztecan (Nahuan) Nahuatl Central Nahuatl Nuclear Morelos Nahuatl
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nhm
Glottolog	more1259

Phonology

The following description is that of the Santa Catarina Morelos dialect:^[4]

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Glottal
		central	lateral		plain	labial
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p	t			k	kʷ
Affricate		ts	tɬ	tʃ
Fricative		s		ʃ			h
Approximant			l	j		w

/n/ can be heard as [ŋ] when before velar consonants.

Vowels

	Front	Back
High	i iː
Mid	e eː	o oː
Low	a aː