Tlaxcala–Puebla Nahuatl should not be confused with Central Nahuatl languages.
| Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl | |
| Also Known As: | Central Nahuatl |
| States: | Tlaxcala, Puebla |
| Region: | western central Mexico |
| Speakers: | 40,000 |
| Date: | 1980 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Script: | Latin |
| Familycolor: | Uto-Aztecan |
| Fam1: | Uto-Aztecan |
| Fam2: | Aztecan (Nahuan) |
| Fam3: | Nahuatl |
| Fam4: | Central Nahuatl |
| Iso3: | nhn |
| Glotto: | cent2132 |
| Glottorefname: | Tlaxcala-Puebla-Central Nahuatl |
The Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl language, also known as Central Nahuatl, is a Nahuan language spoken by 40,000 people in central Mexico.
It is variously known as Central Aztec, Náhuatl del Centro, and Puebla-Tlaxcala Nahuatl. In 1990, there were 1,000 Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl monolinguals.
The following description is that of the Tlaxcala dialect:[1]
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /ink/ |
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | labial | |||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Affricate | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||