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Nahuatl, Northern Oaxaca

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: nhy

Population	9,000 (1990 census). 1,400 monolinguals.
Region	Northwest Oaxaca, near Southeast Puebla Náhuatl, Santa María Teopoxco, San Antonio Nanahuatipan, San Gabriel Casa Blanca, Teotitlán del Camino, San Martín Toxpalan, Ignacio Zaragosa, Apixtepec, El Manzano de Mazatlán, Cosolapa, Tesonapa (one of the last 2 towns in Veracruz). In Puebla: Coxcatlán.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 157
Alternate names	Náhuatl del Norte de Oaxaca
Dialects	80% intelligibility with Orizaba Nahuatl [nlv], 76% with Southeast Puebla [npl] and Canoa, 75% with North Puebla [ncj], 48% with Tatóscac [azz].
Classification	Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Aztec
Language development	NT: 2006.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

In yolkamej opaxalotoj. 2005.

Koyotl iwan tochin. 2005.

Se chokkoj okinpoloj itentzonwan. 2005.

Se tlatziwke iwan itlatzijkayo. 2005.