Nahuatl (;[4] Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈnaːwatɬ] (
listen)[cn 1]) is a leid or group o leids of the Uto-Aztecan leid faimily. Varieties o Nahuatl are spoken bi a estimatit 1.5 million Nahua fowk, maist o whom live in Central Mexico; some who live in El Salvador are kent as the Pipil or Nawat fowk. Aw Nahuan leids are indigenous tae Mesoamericae.
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| Nahuatl |
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| Mexicano, Nahuatl, an ithers |
| Native tae | Mexico an El Salvador |
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| Region | State o Mexico, Puebla, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Guerrero, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Oaxaca, Michoacán, Durango,
an immigrants in Unitit States, El Salvador, Guatemala an Canadae |
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| Ethnicity | Nahua fowks |
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Native speakers | (1.5 million citit 2000)[1] |
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Early form | Proto-Nahuan
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| Dialects |
- Wastren Peripheral Nahuatl
- Eastren Peripheral Nahuatl
- Huastecan Nahuatl
- Central Nahuatl
- Pipil Nahuat
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| Offeecial status |
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Offeecial leid in | Mexico (through the General Law of Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples.[2] |
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| Regulatit bi | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas[3] |
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| Leid codes |
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| ISO 639-2 | nah |
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| ISO 639-3 | nci Clessical Nahuatl
For modren varieties, see Leet o Nahuan leids. |
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listen)[cn 1]) is a leid or group o leids of the Uto-Aztecan leid faimily. Varieties o Nahuatl are spoken bi a estimatit 1.5 million Nahua fowk, maist o whom live in Central Mexico; some who live in El Salvador are kent as the Pipil or Nawat fowk. Aw Nahuan leids are indigenous tae Mesoamericae.