Nahua

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The Nahua are a major indigenous people of Mexico, historically associated with the Aztecs and speakers of various Nahuatl languages across central and southern regions.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Nahua canonical 19
Nahua peoples 18
Nahua people 17

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican people
ethnic group
indigenous people
capitalCityHistorically Tenochtitlan
colonialStatus subject peoples of the Spanish Empire in New Spain
continent North America
contributedLoanwordsTo Spanish
surface form: Spanish language
country Mexico
culturalHeritage Nahuatl oral literature
codices of central Mexico
traditional festivals tied to agricultural calendar
culturalPractice calpulli social organization
chinampa agriculture
communal landholding (ejido-like systems)
ritual human sacrifice (pre-Columbian)
traditional herbal medicine
tribute system
ethnicGroupOf Mexico
historicallyAssociatedWith Aztecs
Mexica
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
majorDeityHistorically Huitzilopochtli
Quetzalcoatl
Tlaloc
modernLegalStatus recognized indigenous people of Mexico
notableLoanword avocado
cacao
chocolate
coyote
tomato
populationEstimate several million in the 21st century
preColumbianCivilization Aztec Empire
Triple Alliance
primaryLanguage Nahuatl
region Central Mexico
Guerrero
Hidalgo
Huasteca Potosina
surface form: Huasteca region

Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Morelos
Oaxaca state
surface form: Oaxaca

Puebla
San Luis Potosí
southern Mexico
surface form: Southern Mexico

State of Mexico
Tabasco
Tlaxcala
Veracruz
religion Roman Catholicism
indigenous Mesoamerican religion
syncretic Christianity
traditionalLanguageVariety Central Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl
Guerrero Nahuatl
Eastern Nahuatl
surface form: Huasteca Nahuatl

Eastern Nahuatl
surface form: Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl

Pipil (Nawat)
writingSystemHistorically Aztec pictographic writing

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (65)

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

Tonantzin veneratedBy Nahua
this entity surface form: Nahua peoples
Amuzgo people neighboringPeoples Nahua
this entity surface form: Nahua people
Tlapanec neighboringGroups Nahua
this entity surface form: Nahuas
Chalco Valley preHispanicInhabitants Nahua
this entity surface form: Nahua groups
Guerrero Nahuatl spokenBy Nahua
this entity surface form: Nahua people
Pipil (Nawat) ethnicGroup Nahua
this entity surface form: Nahua people
White Woman hasCulturalSignificanceFor Nahua
this entity surface form: Nahua people
Sierra Norte de Puebla inhabitedBy Nahua
this entity surface form: Nahua people
Pochutla Aztecan associatedEthnicity Nahua
this entity surface form: Nahua people
Cuscatlán (historic name for El Salvador region) usedByPeople Nahua
subject surface form: Cuscatlán
this entity surface form: Nahua peoples
Chicomoztoc culture Nahua
Chicomoztoc associatedWithPeople Nahua
this entity surface form: Nahua peoples
Codex Aubin culture Nahua
Codex Aubin associatedEthnicGroup Nahua
this entity surface form: Nahua peoples