Tlaxcala–Puebla Nahuatl
Appearance
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Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl | |
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Central Nahuatl | |
Native to | Tlaxcala, Puebla |
Region | western central Mexico |
Ethnicity | Tlaxcaltec |
Native speakers | (40,000 cited 1980 census)[1] |
Uto-Aztecan
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nhn |
Glottolog | cent2132 |
The Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl language, also known as Central Nahuatl, is a Nahuan language spoken by 40,000 people in central Mexico.
Name
[edit]It is variously known as Central Aztec, Náhuatl del Centro, and Puebla-Tlaxcala Nahuatl. In 1990, there were 1,000 Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl monolinguals.[1]
Phonology
[edit]The following description is that of the Tlaxcala dialect:[2]
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i iː | ||
Mid | e eː | o oː | |
Low | a aː |
Consonants
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
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central | lateral | plain | labial | ||||
Nasal | m | n | |||||
Plosive | p | t | k | kʷ | |||
Affricate | ts | tɬ | tʃ | ||||
Fricative | s | ʃ | h | ||||
Approximant | l | j | w |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Nájera, Lucero Flores (2019). La gramática de la cláusula simple en el Náhuatl de Tlaxcala.