Nahuatl, Isthmus-Mecayapan

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
nhx
Alternate Names
Isthmus Aztec-Mecayapan, Isthmus Nahuat, Isthmus Nahuatl, Mecayapan Isthmus Nahuatl, Mejicano del Istmo, Mexicano, Nahuatl del Istmo, Náhuat de Mecayapan, Náhuatl, Náhuatl sur de Veracruz, Tatahuicapan Nahuatl
Autonym
Melaꞌtájto̱l
User Population

26,600 (2000 INALI). Total Nahuatl speakers: 1,650,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Veracruz state: Mecayapan municipality, Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan towns.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

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

None known. No intelligibility of Pipil [ppl] of El Salvador.

Language Use

Used by all.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2016.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nahuatl, Isthmus-Mecayapan
Writing

Latin script [Latn].