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Nahuatl, Isthmus-Mecayapan

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3nhx

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.  Available online

HURST, Christopher L., author. 1993. Third person participant reference and zero anaphora in Isthmus Nahuatl.  Available online

HURST, Christopher; WOLGEMUTH, Carl, researchers. Available: 2011; Created: 2003. Nahuatl-English Dictionary.

LAW, Howard W., author. 1948. "Greeting forms of the Gulf Aztecs."

LAW, Howard W., author. 1950. Review of: Diccionario de Aztequismos o sea jardín de las raíces aztecas, by Cecilio A. Robelo.

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."

PICKETT, Velma B., author. 1968. Review of: Obligatory constructions of Isthmus Nahuat grammar, by Howard W. Law.

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

WOLGEMUTH, Carl, author. 1969. "Isthmus Veracruz (Mecayapan) Nahuat laryngeals."  Available online

WOLGEMUTH, Carl, author. 1971. "Marriage customs of our forefathers: Nahuat text from Mecayapan, Ver."

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).  Available online

Vernacular Publications

Iga ne̱siʼ sinti. 2004.  Available online

Ita̱tapohualis se̱ pe̱lo yej pox maya̱naya. 1994.

Ni-a̱tzacuica. 2004.  Available online

Po'po' yej moichtacamachtij. 1995.

Tadeo; Náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz. 2004.  Available online