Nahuatl, Orizaba

Print

Primary tabs

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
nlv
Alternate Names
Mexicano, Nahuatl, Nawatl de Orizaba, Náhuatl Central de Veracruz, Náhuatl de Orizaba, Náhuatl de la Sierra de Zongolica, Orizaba Aztec, Āwillisāpan Nāwatl
Autonym
Nawatl
User Population

120,000 (1991 SIL). Total Nahuatl speakers: 1,650,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Veracruz state: Orizaba; Puebla state: north of Miguel Aleman reservoir; Oaxaca state: small area northwest of Acatlan.

Language Maps
Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

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

Ixhuatlancillo Nahuatl. 79% intelligibility of Nahuatl [nhm] (Morelos) (most similar).

Language Development

Bible portions: 1995–2009.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nahuatl, Orizaba
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

1 secondary school.