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, Huatlatlauca, and Huehuetlán near Molcaxac.[1] It is written in the Latin script and is taught in most grammar schools of the area.[1]
Central Puebla Nahuatl | |
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Xochiltepec–Huatlatlauca Nahuatl | |
Native to | Puebla |
Native speakers | (16,000 cited 1998)[1] |
Uto-Aztecan
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ncx |
Glottolog | cent2133 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Central Puebla Nahuatl at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)