Nahuatl, Northern Oaxaca

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

nhy

Alternate Names

Mexicano, Nahuatl de Oaxaca, Náhuatl, Náhuatl del Norte de Oaxaca

Autonym

Nāhuatlahtōlli

User Population

8,130 (2000 INALI). Total Nahuatl speakers: 1,650,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,400 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: Apixtepec, Cosolapa, El Manzano de Mazatlán, San Antonio Nanahuatipan, San Gabriel Casa Blanca, San Martín Toxpalan, Santa María Teopoxco, Teotitlán del Camino; Ignacio Zaragosa, and Tesonapa (1 of the last 2 towns in Veracruz); Puebla state: Coxcatlán.

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Southern Central Mexico

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification

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

Dialects

None known. 80% intelligibility of Orizaba Nahuatl [nlv], 76% of Southeast Puebla [npl], 75% of North Puebla [ncj], 48% of Tatóscac [azz].

Language Development

NT: 2006.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Nahuatl, Northern Oaxaca