Coatepec Nahuatl Explained

Coatepec Nahuatl
Region:central Mexico
Speakers:1,400
Date:1990 census
Ref:e21
Script:Latin
Familycolor:Uto-Aztecan
Fam1:Uto-Aztecan
Fam2:Aztecan (Nahuan)
Fam3:Nahuatl
Fam4:Western Peripheral Nahuatl
Fam5:Western Mexico State
Iso3:naz
Glotto:coat1240
Glottorefname:Coatepec Nahuatl

Coatepec Nahuatl is a variety of Nahuatl of southwestern Mexico State and Guerrero spoken by 1,400 people.[1]

Language

It is also known as Coatepec Aztec and Náhuatl de Coatepec.[1] The language is spoken in central Mexico along the border of Mexico and Guerrero states, west of Iguala, Guerrero. It is especially strong in Coatepec Costales and Chilacachapa, and is spoken as far west as Acapetlahuaya and Sultepec. It is written in the Latin script and is predominantly spoken by older adults with 15 monolinguals.[1]

The General History of the Things of New Spain in the Florentine Codex, by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún was written in Coatepec Nahuatl and Spanish.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=naz Nahuatl, Coatepec
  2. Web site: General History of the Things of New Spain by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún: The Florentine Codex. 2013-05-26.