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NGU ISO 639-3

Nahuatl, Guerrero

A language of Mexico

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Guerrero Aztec, Mexicano de Guerrero, Náhuatl de Guerrero, Xalitla Nahuatl
Population
125,000 (2000 INALI). Total Nahuatl speakers: 1,650,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location:
Ahuacuotzingo, Alcozauca de Guerrero, Alpoyeca, Atenango del Río, Atlixtac, Ayutla de los Libres, Chiulapa de Álvarez, Comonfort, Copalillo, Cualác, Huamuxtitlán, Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Mártir de Cuilapan, Mochitlán, Olinalá, Quechultenango, Tepecoacuilco de Trujano, Tixtla de Guerrero, Tlapa de Xalpatláhuac, Xochihuehuetlán, Zapotitlan Tablas, and Zitlala municipalities, Balsas river area.
Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Classification
Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Corachol-Aztecan, Core Nahua, Nahuatl
Typology
SVO; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.
Language Development
Videos. Dictionary. NT: 1987–2016.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nahuatl, Guerrero
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Christian, traditional religion.

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Location: Ahuacuotzingo, Alcozauca de Guerrero, Alpoyeca, Atenango del Río, Atlixtac, Ayutla de los Libres, Chiulapa de Álvarez, Comonfort, Copalillo, Cualác, Huamuxtitlán, Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Mártir de Cuilapan, Mochitlán, Olinalá, Quechultenango, Tepecoacuilco de Trujano, Tixtla de Guerrero, Tlapa de Xalpatláhuac, Xochihuehuetlán, Zapotitlan Tablas, and Zitlala municipalities, Balsas river area.