NHY ISO 639-3
Nahuatl, Northern Oaxaca
Nāhuatlahtōlli Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- nhy
- Alternate Names
- Mexicano, Nahuatl de Oaxaca, Náhuatl, Náhuatl del Norte de Oaxaca
- Autonym
- Nāhuatlahtōlli
- Population
- 8,130 (2000 INALI). Total Nahuatl speakers: 1,650,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,400 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Apixtepec, Cosolapa, El Manzano de Mazatlán, San Antonio Nanahuatipan, San Gabriel Casa Blanca, San Martín Toxpalan, Santa María Teopoxco, Teotitlán del Camino; Ignacio Zaragosa, and Tesonapa (1 of the last 2 towns in Veracruz); Puebla state: Coxcatlán.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Corachol-Aztecan, Core Nahua, Nahuatl
- Dialects
- None known. 80% intelligibility of Orizaba Nahuatl [nlv], 76% of Southeast Puebla [npl], 75% of North Puebla [ncj], 48% of Tatóscac [azz].
- Language Development
- NT: 2006.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Nahuatl, Northern Oaxaca
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
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Location: Oaxaca state: Apixtepec, Cosolapa, El Manzano de Mazatlán, San Antonio Nanahuatipan, San Gabriel Casa Blanca, San Martín Toxpalan, Santa María Teopoxco, Teotitlán del Camino; Ignacio Zaragosa, and Tesonapa (1 of the last 2 towns in Veracruz); Puebla state: Coxcatlán.
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