Nahuat | Ethnologue

A language of El Salvador

ISO 639: ppl
Alternate Names: Nawat, Nicarao, “Pipil” (pej.)
Autonym: Nahuat
Population: 1,300, all users. L1 users: 500 (2015 J. Stuart), increasing. L2 users: 800 (2015 J. Stuart). Ethnic population: 11,100 (2005 census).
Location:: Ahuachapan, Chalatenango, La Libertad, La Paz, San Salvador, Santa Ana, and Sonsonate departments. West, interior highlands.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund). Recognized language (1993, Law to protect the national patrimony, Decree 513).
Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Corachol-Aztecan, Core Nahua
Dialects: None known. Not intelligible with Isthmus Nahuatl [nhk] of Mexico.
Language Use: Some young adults now teach their children Nahuat. Older adults only. Shifted to Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Now taught in schools. Salvadorans who are not ethnic Nahuat are choosing to learn, as well. Videos. Grammar. NT: 2012.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Nahuat
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Ahuachapan, Chalatenango, La Libertad, La Paz, San Salvador, Santa Ana, and Sonsonate departments. West, interior highlands.