Tehuacan–Zongolica Nahuatl

Tehuacan–Zongolica a.k.a. Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl is a variety of Nahuatl spoken by ethnic Nahua people in southeastern Puebla state (Tehuacan) and southern Veracruz (Zongolica) in Mexico.

Tehuacan–Zongolica Nahuatl
Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl
nawatlajtole
Native to	Mexico
Region	Puebla, Veracruz
Native speakers	(260,000 cited 1991–2006)[1]
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Aztecan (Nahuan) Nahuatl Central or Eastern Nahuatl Tehuacan–Zongolica Nahuatl
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: nhq – Huaxcaleca npl – Southeastern Puebla nsu – Sierra Negra nlv – Orizaba Nahuatl (Zongolica) nhz – Santa María la Alta nhy – Northern Oaxaca
Glottolog	huax1236  Huaxcaleca nort2958  N. Oaxaca

Tehuacan–Zongolica has characteristics of both Central Nahuatl and Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl. Hasler (1996:164) summarizes the situation,

"Juan Hasler (1958:338) interprets the presence in the region of [a mix of] eastern dialect features and central dialect features as an indication of a substratum of eastern Nahuatl and a superstratum of central Nahuatl. Una Canger (1980:15–20) classifies the region as part of the eastern area, while Yolanda Lastra (1986:189–190) classifies it as part of the central area."^[2]

References

1. Huaxcaleca at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Southeastern Puebla at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Sierra Negra at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Orizaba Nahuatl (Zongolica) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Santa María la Alta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Northern Oaxaca at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Hasler, Andrés (1996). El náhuatl de Tehuacan-Zongolica. Mexico: CIESAS.