Nahuatl, Highland Puebla
A language of Mexico
| Population | 125,000 (1983). |
| Region | Northeast Puebla. |
| Language map |
Western Central Mexico, reference number 59 |
| Alternate names | Mejicano de Zacapoaxtla, Náhuat de la Sierra de Puebla, Sierra Aztec, Sierra Puebla Náhuatl, Zacapoaxtla Náhuat |
| Classification | Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Aztec |
| Language use | Also use Totonac languages. |
| Language development | NT: 1979. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO; long words, affixes; nontonal. Pastoralists; peasant agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Key, Harold and Mary R. Key. 1953. "The phonemes of Sierra Nahuat."
Key, Harold and Mary R. Key. 1953. Vocabulario mejicano de la Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Puebla.
Key, Harold. 1954. "Rito funerario entre los mexicanos de la región de Zacapoaxtla."
Key, Harold. 1957. Vocabularies for languages of the Uto-Aztecan family.
Key, Harold. 1960. "Stem construction and affixation of Sierra Nahuat verbs."
Key, Harold. 1964. "Un diálogo sobre la muerte."
Key, Harold. 1965. "Texts on Nahuat healing methods."
McKinlay, Arch, Harold Key, and Mary R. Key. 1951. Puebla Sierra Aztec texts and dictionary.
McKinlay, Arch. 1948. "The account of a punitive sentence."
McKinlay, Arch. 1950. "Nahuat folklore from Xalacapan, Puebla."
Robinson, Dow F. 1961. "Textos de medicina náhuat."
Robinson, Dow F. 1966. Sierra Nahuat word structure.
Robinson, Dow F. 1969. "Puebla (Sierra) Nahuat prosodies."
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Robinson, Dow F. 1969. Gramatica inductiva mexica (Nahuat de la Sierra de Puebla).
Robinson, Dow F. 1970. Aztec studies 2: Sierra Nahuat word structure.
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Robinson, Dow F. 1970. Gramática inductiva mexica (Nahuat de la Sierra de Puebla).
Robinson, Dow F. 1974. "Prólogo."
Robinson, Dow F., editor. 1969. Aztec studies 1: Phonological and grammatical studies in modern Nahuatl dialects.
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