Nahuatl, Guerrero

A language of Mexico

Guerrero Aztec, Mexicano, Mexicano de Guerrero, Nawatlajtoli, Náhuatl de Guerrero, Xalitla Nahuatl

Nauatlajtojli

125,000 (2000 INALI). Total Nahuatl speakers: 1,650,000 (2020 INEGI).

Ahuacuotzingo, Alcozauca de Guerrero, Alpoyeca, Atenango del Río, Atlixtac, Ayutla de los Libres, Chiulapa de Álvarez, Comonfort, Copalillo, Cualác, Huamuxtitlán, Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Mártir de Cuilapan, Mochitlán, Olinalá, Quechultenango, Tepecoacuilco de Trujano, Tixtla de Guerrero, Tlapa de Xalpatláhuac, Xochihuehuetlán, Zapotitlan Tablas, and Zitlala municipalities, Balsas river area.

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification

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

Typology

SVO; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Language Development

Videos. Dictionary. NT: 1987–2016.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Nahuatl, Guerrero

Writing

Latin script [Latn].