The Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl language, also known as Central Nahuatl, is a Nahuan language spoken by 40,000 people in central Mexico.
| Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl | |
|---|---|
| Central Nahuatl | |
| Native to | Tlaxcala, Puebla |
| Region | western central Mexico |
Native speakers | (40,000 cited 1980 census)[1] |
Uto-Aztecan
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nhn |
| Glottolog | cent2132 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | ||
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Low | a aː |
Consonants edit
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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