Nahuan languages

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branch of Uto-Aztecan languages language group

The Nahuan languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes Nahuatl and related indigenous languages historically spoken by the Aztecs and other peoples of central Mexico.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Nahuatl 12
Classical Nahuatl 7
Nahua languages 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
areEndangered true ⓘ
ethnicity Nahua ⓘ
surface form: Nahua peoples
glottologCode azte1234 ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Nahuan ⓘ
Proto-Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
polysynthesis ⓘ
hasNotableVariety Classical Nahuatl ⓘ
Modern Nahuatl ⓘ
Nahua ⓘ
surface form: Pipil
hasPart Central Nahuatl ⓘ
Classical Nahuatl ⓘ
Eastern Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form: Durango Nahuatl

Eastern Nahuatl ⓘ
Eastern Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form: Huasteca Nahuatl

Eastern Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form: Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl

Michoacán Nahuatl ⓘ
Nahuan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nahuatl

Nahua ⓘ
surface form: Pipil

Pochutec ⓘ
Central Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form: Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Western Nahuatl ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature glottal stop phoneme ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature head-marking ⓘ
verb–subject–object word order (common) ⓘ
historicallySpokenBy Aztec Empire ⓘ
surface form: Aztecs

Mexica ⓘ
surface form: Mexica people

Toltec civilization ⓘ
surface form: Toltecs

other Nahua peoples ⓘ
ISO639FamilyCode nah ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan language family
primaryCountry Mexico ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
spokenIn Central Mexico ⓘ
El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subclassOf Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
subfamilyOf Southern Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Southern Uto-Aztecan languages
usedAs lingua franca in Mesoamerica ⓘ
usedFor Catholic missionary work in colonial New Spain ⓘ
indigenous education in Mexico ⓘ
usedIn Aztec Empire ⓘ
writingSystem Aztec pictographic writing ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aztec Empire → dominantLanguage → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Nahuatl
Milpa Alta → hasIndigenousLanguage → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl
Veracruz → hasIndigenousLanguages → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Náhuatl
Mexican Spanish → hasInfluenceFrom → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl
eastern Mexico → hasLanguage → Nahuan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Mexico
this entity surface form: Nahua languages
southern Mexico → hasLanguageFamily → Nahuan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
Mexican Spanish → hasLoanwordFrom → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl language
Nahuan languages → hasPart → Nahuan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl
Xochimilco → hasTraditionalLanguage → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl
this entity surface form: Classical Nahuatl
Uto-Aztecan → includesLanguage → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl
Uto-Aztecan → includesLanguage → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Nahuatl
Central Mexico → indigenousLanguageRegion → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl
Proto-Uto-Aztecan → isAncestorOf → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahua languages
Triple Alliance → language → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Nahuatl
Mesoamerica → languageFamily → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl
Cuauhtémoc → languageSpoken → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Nahuatl
Cuitláhuac → languageSpoken → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Nahuatl
La Malinche → languageSpoken → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl
Tenochtitlan → languageSpoken → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl
Uto-Aztecan → majorLanguage → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl
Cuauhtémoc → nameLanguage → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nahuatl
Moctezuma II → nativeLanguage → Nahuan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Nahuatl
this entity surface form: Nahuatl