Central Puebla Nahuatl

Nahuan language of Puebla, Mexico
Central Puebla Nahuatl
Xochiltepec–Huatlatlauca Nahuatl
Native toPuebla
Native speakers
(16,000 cited 1998)[1]
Language family
Uto-Aztecan
  • Aztecan (Nahuan)
    • Nahuatl
      • Central Nahuatl
        • Central Puebla Nahuatl
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3ncx
Glottologcent2133

The Central Puebla Nahuatl language is a Nahuan language spoken by 16,000 people in Mexico with 1,430 monolinguals.[1] It is also known as Central Puebla Aztec, Náhuatl del Suroeste de Puebla, and Southwestern Puebla Nahuatl.[1] The language is spoken in the area south of the city of Puebla in the towns of Teopantlán, Tepatlaxco de Hidalgo, La Magdalena Yancuitlalpan, Atoyatempan, Huatlathauca, and Huehuetlán near Molcaxac.[1] It is written in the Latin script and is taught in most grammar schools of the area.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Central Puebla Nahuatl at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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