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Nahuatl , Aztec or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about 1.7 million Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico as well as a small number who live in the United States.
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See moreAs a language label, the term Nahuatl encompasses a group of closely related languages or divergent dialects within the Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. The Mexican Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
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See moreNahuan languages are defined as a subgroup of Uto-Aztecan by having undergone a number of shared changes from the
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See moreThe Nahuatl languages are agglutinative, polysynthetic languages that make extensive use of compounding, incorporation and
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See moreMany Nahuatl words have been borrowed into the Spanish language, most of which are terms designating things indigenous to the Americas. Some of
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See morePre-Columbian period
On the issue of geographic origin, the consensus of linguists during the 20th century was that the Uto-Aztecan language family originated in the southwestern United States. Evidence from archaeology and...
See moreToday, a spectrum of Nahuan languages are spoken in scattered areas stretching from the northern state of Durango to Tabasco in the southeast. Pipil, the southernmost Nahuan language, is spoken in El Salvador by a small number of speakers. According to
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See moreNearly 500 years of intense contact between speakers of Nahuatl and speakers of Spanish, combined with the minority status of Nahuatl
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