Aztecan language group of Mexico
| Western Peripheral Nahuatl |
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Geographic
distribution | Puebla, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, El Salvador |
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| Linguistic classification | Uto-Aztecan- Aztecan (Nahuan)
- Nahuatl
- Western Peripheral Nahuatl
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| Subdivisions | - Durango–Nayarit
- West Coast
- Western Mexico State
- Pochutec
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| Glottolog | west2814 (mostly a match) |
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Western Peripheral Nahuatl is a group of Nahuatl languages of Western Mexico. They are:[1]
- Michoacán a.k.a. Pómaro Nahuatl on the west coast
- Coatepec and Temascaltepec Nahuatl of western México State and northwestern Guerrero
- Colima–Durango: Mexicanero and extinct dialects of Colima
- Jalisco-Nayarit: extinct, formerly spoken in Cuautitlán de García Barragán
Pochutec may belong here.[2]
References
- ^ Lastra de Suárez, Yolanda (1986). Las áreas dialectales del náhuatl moderno. Serie antropológica, no. 62. Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas. ISBN 968-837-744-9. OCLC 19632019.(in Spanish)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Western Periphery-North Guerrero Nahuatl". Glottolog 4.3.
