Nahuatl, Isthmus-Mecayapan
A language of Mexico
| Population | 20,000 (1994 SIL). |
| Region | South Veracruz, Mecayapan Municipio, Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan towns. |
| Language map |
Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 95 |
| Alternate names | Isthmus Aztec-Mecayapan, Náhuat de Mecayapan |
| Dialects | Not intelligible with Pipil [ppl] of El Salvador. |
| Classification | Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Aztec |
| Language use | All ages. |
| Language development | Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1952–2004. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
HERNÁNDEZ P., Plácido; HURST, Christopher L.; PÉREZ RAMÍREZ, Esteban; WOLGEMUTH, Carl; WOLGEMUTH, Marilyn, authors. 2000. Diccionario Náhuatl de los municipios Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz.
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HURST, Christopher L., author. 1993. Third person participant reference and zero anaphora in Isthmus Nahuatl.
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LAW, Howard W., author. 1948. "Greeting forms of the Gulf Aztecs."
LAW, Howard W., author. 1951. Gulf Aztec texts and dictionary.
LAW, Howard W., author. 1954. "Formas de salutación del pipil del golfo."
LAW, Howard W., author. 1955. "The phonemes of Isthmus Nahuat."
LAW, Howard W., author. 1957. "Tamakasti: a Gulf Nahuat text."
LAW, Howard W., author. 1958. "Morphological structure of Isthmus Nahuat."
LAW, Howard W., author. 1960. "Problems of ambiguities in Isthmus Aztec translation."
LAW, Howard W., author. 1960. Linguistic acculturation in Mexico.
LAW, Howard W., author. 1960. Mecayapan, Veracruz: An ethnographic sketch.
LAW, Howard W., author. 1961. "Linguistic acculturation in Isthmus Nahuat."
LAW, Howard W., author. 1962. Obligatory constructions of Isthmus Nahuat grammar.
LAW, Howard W., author. 1963. Problems of pronominal equivalence in Isthmus Nahuat.
LAW, Howard W., author. 1966. Obligatory constructions of Isthmus Nahuat grammar.
LAW, Joan, author. 1969. "Nahua affinal kinship: a comparative study."
ROBINSON, Dow F., editor. 1969. Aztec studies 1: Phonological and grammatical studies in modern Nahuatl dialects.
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WOLGEMUTH, Carl, author. 1969. "Isthmus Veracruz (Mecayapan) Nahuat laryngeals."
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WOLGEMUTH, Carl, author. 1981. Gramática náhuatl de Mecayapan.
WOLGEMUTH, Carl, author. 2002. Gramática Náhuatl (melaʼtájto̱l) de los municipios de Mecayapan y tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz (Segunda edición).
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Vernacular Publications
Ita̱tapohualis se̱ pe̱lo yej pox maya̱naya. 1994.
Po'po' yej moichtacamachtij. 1995.
Tadeo; Náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz. 2004.
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