Nahuatl, Northern Oaxaca

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
nhy
Alternate Names
Náhuatl del Norte de Oaxaca
Population

9,000 (1990 census). 1,400 monolinguals.

Location

Northwest Oaxaca, near southeast Puebla Náhuatl, Santa María Teopoxco, San Antonio Nanahuatipan, San Gabriel Casa Blanca, Teotitlán del Camino, San Martín Toxpalan, Ignacio Zaragosa, Apixtepec, El Manzano de Mazatlán, Cosolapa, and Tesonapa (1 of the last 2 towns in Veracruz); Puebla, Coxcatlán.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Corachol-Aztecan, Core Nahua, Nahuatl
Dialects

80% intelligibility of Orizaba Nahuatl [nlv], 76% of Southeast Puebla [npl], 75% of North Puebla [ncj], 48% of Tatóscac [azz].

Language Development
NT: 2006.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nahuatl, Northern Oaxaca
Writing
Latin script.