Nahuatl, Highland Puebla

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Mejicano, Mejicano de Zacapoaxtla, Mexicano, Mexicano tlajtol, Nahuatlahtolli, Nauta, Náhuatl de la Sierra Noreste de Puebla, Náhuatl de la Sierra de Puebla, Sierra Aztec, Sierra Puebla Náhuatl, Sierra de Zacapoaxtla Nahuatl, Zacapoaxtla Náhuat
User Population

125,000 (1983). Total Nahuatl speakers: 1,650,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Puebla state: near Jopala; Veracruz state: south of Entabladero.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Corachol-Aztecan, Core Nahua, Nahuatl
Typology

VSO; long words, affixes; nontonal.

Language Use

Also use Totonac languages.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1979.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nahuatl, Highland Puebla
Writing

Latin script [Latn].