Western Peripheral Nahuatl
| Western Peripheral Nahuatl | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Puebla, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, El Salvador |
| Linguistic classification | Uto-Aztecan
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | west2814 (mostly a match) |
Western Peripheral Nahuatl is a group of Nahuatl languages of Western Mexico. They are:[1]
- Michoacán a.k.a. Pómaro Nahuatl on the west coast
- Coatepec and Temascaltepec Nahuatl of western México State and northwestern Guerrero
- Colima–Durango: Mexicanero and extinct dialects of Colima
- Jalisco-Nayarit: extinct, formerly spoken in Cuautitlán de García Barragán
References
[edit]- ^ Lastra de Suárez, Yolanda (1986). Las áreas dialectales del náhuatl moderno. Serie antropológica, no. 62. Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas. ISBN 968-837-744-9. OCLC 19632019.(in Spanish)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Western Periphery-North Guerrero Nahuatl". Glottolog 4.3.