Nahuatl, Highland Puebla

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Mejicano de Zacapoaxtla, Náhuat de la Sierra de Puebla, Sierra Aztec, Sierra de Zacapoaxtla Nahuatl, Sierra Puebla Náhuatl, Zacapoaxtla Náhuat

Population

125,000 (1983). All Nahuatl variety speakers: 1,740,000.

Location

Puebla state: near Jopala; Veracruz state: south of Entabladero.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Typology

VSO; long words, affixes; nontonal.

Language Use

Also use Totonac languages.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1979.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].