Nahuatl is a group of closely related languages or divergent dialects within the Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. No modern Nahuan languages are identical to Classical Nahuati, but those spoken in and around the Valley of Mexico are generally more closely related to it than those on the periphery. Nahuatl has been spoken in central Mexico since at least the seventh century CE.
About Nahuatl in brief
Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about 1. 7 million Nahua peoples, most of whom live in Central Mexico. It was the language of the AztecMexica, who dominated what is now central Mexico during the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican history. It is among the most studied and best-documented languages of the Americas. No modern Nahuan languages are identical to Classical Nahuati, but those spoken in and around the Valley of Mexico are generally more closely related to it than those on the periphery. The term “Nahuatl” is used to refer to a group of closely related languages or divergent dialects within the Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. For details on individual varieties or subgroups, see the individual articles. This article focuses on describing the general history of the group and on giving an overview of the diversity it encompasses. The Ethnologue recognizes 28 varieties with separate ISO codes. Sometimes Nahu ATL is also applied to the Pipil language of El Salvador, which became extinct in the 20th century, and which some researchers classify as being outside the general Aztec group. The inclusion of this group in this group is debated among this group of Pipil languages is a scantily attested language, which is spoken in Mexico but is not attested in the U.S.
and Canada. The language group is widely accepted as having two divisions: General Aztec and General Pochutecutec, and General Aztecan and Pochil languages, which are widely accepted to be part of the same branch of Nahuan language family, but are not mutually intelligible. The name “Nahuan” is often used in Spanish, especially in Spanish-language publications instead of “Nauhuan” (Nahua) or “Nuan”, which means “language” or “dialect” in Nahuan. The word is also used in English, where it is used as a name for a variety of the Nahuatalan language, such as “Chilote” and “Chili” (Chili) and “Atlatl” (atlatl, chili, chilotl, and “atlat” (chili, chocolate, atlatl) The term is also sometimes used in the United States, where the word “Nua” means ” language” and is used for a number of different varieties of the Nahua language, including “Chile” and the “Chocolate” variety of Chilote (chilote). The word has been used in some books as a way to describe the language, but it is not widely used in official documents. It has also been used as the name of a language group in Mexico, although this is not considered to be the same as the one used by the U to-Azttecan family. Nahu Atl has been spoken in central Mexico since at least the seventh century CE.
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