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Nahuatl, Tetelcingo

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3nhg

Population  3,500 (1990 census).
Region  Morelos, Tetelcingo.
Language map  Western Central Mexico, reference number 76
Alternate names   Tetelcingo Aztec
Dialects  Distinct from Morelos Nahuatl [nhm].
Classification  Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Aztec
Language use  Also use Spanish.
Language development  Grammar. NT: 1980.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  SVO, VSO, VOS (order of frequency); long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BREWER, Forrest, author. 1969. "Morelos (Tetelcingo) Nahuatl verb stem constructions."  Available online

BREWER, Forrest; BREWER, Jean G., compilers. 1962. Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos.  Available online

LANGACKER, Ronald W., editor. 1979. Modern Aztec grammatical sketches: Studies in Uto-Aztecan grammar 2.  Available online

PITTMAN, Catherine, author. 1951. Modern household utensils of an Aztec village.

PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1945. "La historia de Pedro Sa-kinemilea."

PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1948. "Nahuatl honorifics."

PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1951. Tetelcingo Aztec texts and dictionary.

PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1953. A grammar of Tetelcingo (Morelos) Nahuatl.

PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1954. A grammar of Tetelcingo (Morelos) Nahuatl.

PITTMAN, Richard S., author. 1961. "The phonemes of Tetelcingo (Morelos) Nahuatl."

PITTMAN, Richard S., compiler. 2011. Vocabulario medico.

ROBINSON, Dow F., editor. 1969. Aztec studies 1: Phonological and grammatical studies in modern Nahuatl dialects.  Available online

TOWNSEND, William Cameron, author. 1937. "Comparaciones morfológicas entre cakchiquel y nahuatl."

TOWNSEND, William Cameron, author. 1937. "Morphological similarities between Cakchiquel and Nahuatl."

TUGGY, David H., author. 1979. "Tetelcingo Náhuatl."  Available online

TUGGY, David H., author. 1981. The transitivity-related morphology of Tetelcingo Nahuatl: An exploration in space grammar.

TUGGY, David H., author. 1983. Aztec causative/applicatives in space grammar.

TUGGY, David H., author. 1988. "Náhuatl causative/applicatives in cognitive grammar."

TUGGY, David H., author. 2004. "Dissimilation in mösiehuali̬ (Tetelcingo Nahuatl): a cognitive grammar perspective."

Vernacular Publications

Tlaamapoaliz amoxtli: iancayo "Mexicayotl". 1945.