NSU ISO 639-3
Nahuatl, Sierra Negra
Nahuatl, Nahuatlajtoli Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- nsu
- Alternate Names
- Mexicano, Mexicatl, Náhuatl de la Sierra Negra, Náhuatl de la Sierra Negra Norte, Totlajtol tlen ik titlapovah Alcomunga
- Autonym
- Nahuatl, Nahuatlajtoli
- Population
- 25,000 (2006 SIL). Total Nahuatl speakers: 1,650,000 (2020 INEGI). 16,000 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Puebla state: 13 towns in south.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Corachol-Aztecan, Core Nahua, Nahuatl
- Dialects
- Coyomeapan, Zoquitlan. Reportedly most similar to Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl [npl]; next most similar to Nahuatl [nhm] (Morelos).
- Typology
- Long words, affixes; nontonal.
- Language Development
- NT: 2017.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Nahuatl, Sierra Negra
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Puebla state: 13 towns in south.
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