Guerrero Nahuatl Explained

Guerrero Nahuatl
Nativename:nawatlajtoli
Region:Western Central Mexico
Speakers:125,000
Date:2000
Ref:e25
Script:Latin
Familycolor:Uto-Aztecan
Fam1:Uto-Aztecan
Fam2:Aztecan (Nahuan)
Fam3:Nahuatl
Fam4:Central Nahuatl
Lc1:ngu
Ld1:Guerrero Nahuatl
Lc2:nuz
Ld2:Tlamacazapa Nahuatl
Glotto:guer1241
Glottoname:Guerrero
Glottorefname:Central Guerrero Nahuatl
Glotto2:tlam1239
Glottoname2:Tlamacazapa
Glottorefname2:Tlamacazapa Nahuatl

The Guerrero Nahuatl language is a Nahuan language spoken by about 125,000 people in Mexico.

Language

It is also known as Guerrero Aztec and Náhuatl de Guerrero. It is spoken in various municipalities of along the Balsas River including Tepecoacuilco de Trujano, Huitzuco de los figueroa, Atenango del Río, Copalillo, Mártir de Cuilapan, Zitlala, Tixtla de Guerrero, Mochitlán, Quechultenango, Chilapa de Álvarez, Ahuacuotzingo, Olinalá, Atlixtac, Zapotitlan Tablas, Ayutla de los Libres, Cualác, Huamuxtitlán, Xochihuehuetlán, Tlapa de Comonfort, Alpoyeca, Xalpatláhuac, and Alcozauca de Guerrero. It is written in the Latin script. There is some video material in addition to a dictionary in this language. It is a subject–verb–object ordered language. The words tend to be long with affixes and clitics. Guerrero Nahuatl is not tonal.

"A long 'l' for other variants is pronounced 'j'l (hl) so the word for 'house', which is 'calli' elsewhere in Nahuatl, is pronounced 'cajli' or 'káhli' in Guerrero."[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dictionary of Nahuatl terms, including the story of the flower Cuetlaxochitl (poinsetta). . 2013-05-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016030956/http://casademexico.com/nahuatl2.html . 2013-10-16.