| Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl | |
| Region: | Puebla, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, El Salvador |
| Familycolor: | Uto-Aztecan |
| Fam1: | Uto-Aztecan |
| Fam2: | Aztecan (Nahuan) |
| Fam3: | Nahuatl |
| Child1: | Sierra Puebla Nahuatl |
| Child2: | ? Tehuacan-Zongolica Nahuatl |
| Child3: | Isthmus Nahuatl |
| Child4: | Pipil–Tabasco |
| Glotto: | none |
Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl is a group of Nahuatl languages, including the Pipil language of El Salvador and the Nahuatl dialects of the Sierra Norte de Puebla, southern Veracruz, and Tabasco (Isthmus dialects):[1]
The boundaries of Eastern Nahuatl are not clear. Southeastern Puebla (Tehuacan-Zongolica) is particularly ambiguous. Hasler (1996:164) summarizes the situation,
"Juan Hasler (1958:338) interprets the presence in the region of [a mix of] eastern dialect features and central dialect features as an indication of a substratum of eastern Nahuatl and a superstratum of central Nahuatl. Una Canger (1980:15–20) classifies the region as part of the eastern area, while Yolanda Lastra (1986:189–190) classifies it as part of the central area."[2]
. Lastra de Suárez, Yolanda . Yolanda Lastra. 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. 968-837-744-9 . 19632019.