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.

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Tehuacan–Zongolica Nahuatl
Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl
nawatlajtole
Native toMexico
RegionPuebla, Veracruz
Native speakers
(260,000 cited 1991–2006)[1]
Uto-Aztecan
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
nhq  Huaxcaleca
npl  Southeastern Puebla
nsu  Sierra Negra
nlv  Orizaba Nahuatl (Zongolica)
nhz  Santa María la Alta
nhy  Northern Oaxaca
Glottologhuax1236  Huaxcaleca
nort2958  N. Oaxaca
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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]

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