Western Peripheral Nahuatl Explained

Western Peripheral Nahuatl
Region:	Puebla, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, El Salvador
Familycolor:	Uto-Aztecan
Fam1:	Uto-Aztecan
Fam2:	Aztecan (Nahuan)
Fam3:	Nahuatl
Child1:	Durango–Nayarit
Child2:	West Coast
Child3:	Western Mexico State
Child4:	Pochutec
Glotto:	west2814
Glottoname:	mostly a match
Glottorefname:	Western Periphery–North Guerrero Nahuatl

Western Peripheral Nahuatl is a group of Nahuatl languages of Western Mexico. They are:^[1]

• Michoacán Pómaro Nahuatl on the west coast
• Coatepec and Temascaltepec Nahuatl of western México State and northwestern Guerrero
• Colima–Durango: Mexicanero and extinct dialects of Colima
• Jalisco-Nayarit: extinct, formerly spoken in Cuautitlán de García Barragán

Pochutec may belong here.^[2]

References

1. Book: Yolanda Lastra

   . 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.

2. Web site: Hammarström. Harald. Forke. Robert. Haspelmath. Martin. Bank. Sebastian. 2020. Western Periphery-North Guerrero Nahuatl . Glottolog 4.3.