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What (who) is Nahuatl - definition
Nahuatl
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LANGUAGE OF THE NAHUAN BRANCH OF THE UTO-AZTECAN LANGUAGE FAMILY
Aztec language; Náhuatl; Náhuatl language; Nahua language; Nawatl; Nauhuatl; Nāhuatl; Nahuatl language; ISO 639:nah; Mexicano language; Nehuatl; Nāhuatl language; Aztec (language); Nahuatl+languages+language; Nahuatl literature; Aztec literature; Nahuatl phonology
['n?:w?:t(?)l, n?:'w?:t(?)l]
¦ noun (plural same, Nahuatls)
1. a member of a group of peoples native to southern Mexico and Central America, including the Aztecs.
2. the Uto-Aztecan language of the Nahuatl.
Origin
via Sp. from Nahuatl.
Ometepec Náhuatl
LANGUAGE
South Guerrero Nahuatl language; ISO 639:nht; South Guerrero Nahuatl; Ometepec Nahuatl language; Ometepec Nahuatl; Ometepec Náhuatl language
Ometepec Nahuatl, also known as Southern Guerrero Nahuatl, is one of the Central Nahuatl languages of south-central Mexico. The dialects of the three areas where Ometepec Nahuatl is spoken are distinct enough to potentially be considered separate languages.
Michoacán Nahuatl
LANGUAGE
ISO 639:ncl; Michoacán Náhuatl language; Michoacan Nahuatl; Michoacán Nahuatl language; Michoacan Nahuatl language; Mexicano central de occidente
Michoacán Nahuatl is the name given to a variety of Nahuatl language spoken by the Nahua Michoacan on the Pacific Coast of Mexico in Michoacán. It is a dialect of Nahuatl, a language of the Uto-Aztecan family.
Examples of use of Nahuatl
1. According to accounts, the apparition spoke to Juan Diego in Nahuatl, an Indian language still used in parts of Mexico.
2. On hearing of the months–long massacre, Cortes renamed the town Tecuaque –– meaning "where people were eaten" in the indigenous Nahuatl language –– and sent an army to wipe out its people.
3. Popocatepetl, whose name means "smoking mountain" in the Nahuatl Indian language spoken by the Aztecs, spewed out the huge plume of ash and rocks in a three–minute exhalation.