Nahuatl
language of the Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Nahuatl language is a language spoken by 1.5 million people, mostly in Mexico.[3]
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Nahuatl | |
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Aztec | |
Nāhuatl, Nāhuatlahtōlli, Mēxihcatlahtōlli, Mācēhuallahtōlli, Mēxihcacopa | |
![]() Nahua woman from the Florentine Codex. The speech scroll indicates that she is speaking. | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | State of Mexico, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Guerrero, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Oaxaca, Michoacán, Chihuahua, Durango, and immigrants in United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Canada |
Ethnicity | Nahua peoples |
Native speakers | 1,740,000 (2010) |
Uto-Aztecan
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Early form | Proto-Nahuan
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Official status | |
Official language in | Mexico (through the General Law of Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples)[1] |
Regulated by | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas[2] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | nah |
ISO 639-3 | nci Classical NahuatlFor modern varieties, see Nahuan languages |
Glottolog | azte1234 Aztec |
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