Aztecan languages
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Aztecan languages are a subgroup of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes Nahuatl and related indigenous languages historically spoken in central Mexico and surrounding regions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aztecan languages canonical | 4 |
| Aztec languages | 1 |
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Uto-Aztecan languages
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Aztecs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nahua peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Aztecan branch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aztecan–Nahuan languages ⓘ Nahuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
noun incorporation ⓘ object agreement on verbs ⓘ possessive prefixes ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsIn | Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableVariety |
Classical Nahuatl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pipil (Nawat) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
glottal stop phoneme
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Central Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ Guerrero NERFINISHED ⓘ Hidalgo NERFINISHED ⓘ Morelos NERFINISHED ⓘ Puebla NERFINISHED ⓘ San Luis Potosí NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Veracruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalWritingSystem | Aztec pictographic writing ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Central Nahuatl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Classical Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Durango Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Guerrero Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Highland Puebla Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Huasteca Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Isthmus-Cosoleacaque Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Michoacán Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Nawat NERFINISHED ⓘ Pipil ⓘ Pochutec ⓘ Sierra Negra Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Tetelcingo Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Nahuatl ⓘ |
| influencedLanguage | Mexican Spanish ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature | polysynthesis ⓘ |
| partOf | Uto-Aztecan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
El Salvador
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ United States (migrant communities) ⓘ |
| status |
several varieties endangered
ⓘ
some varieties vigorous ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Uto-Aztecan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Southern Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedAsLinguaFranca | Central Mexico (pre-Columbian period) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Aztec Empire administration
ⓘ
Aztec religious literature ⓘ colonial-era missionary texts ⓘ |
| wordOrder |
SOV
ⓘ
SVO ⓘ flexible word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aztec languages