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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Mexico > Nahuatl, Isthmus-Cosoleacaque

Nahuatl, Isthmus-Cosoleacaque

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3nhk

Population  5,140 (1990 census). 12 monolinguals.
Region  Veracruz, Cosoleacaque, Oteapan, Jáltipan de Morelos, Hidalgotitlán, Soconusco.
Language map  Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 97
Alternate names   Cosoleacaque Aztec, Náhuatl del Istmo-Cosoleacaque
Dialects  84% intelligibility with Pajapan [nhp], 83% with Mecayapan [nhx], 46% with Xoteapan. Not intelligible with Pipil [ppl] of El Salvador.
Classification  Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Aztec
Language use  Most monolinguals are older adults. Also use Spanish.