Nahuatl, Southeastern Puebla

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Náhuatl del Sureste de Puebla, Tehuacán Náhuatl

Population

92,000 (1991 SIL). All Nahuatl variety speakers: 1,740,000.

Location

Puebla state: Tehuacán region, Chilac and San Sebastián Zinacatepec areas.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar to Sierra Negra Nahuatl [nsu]. Approximately 60% intelligibility of Morelos Nahuatl [nhm].

Typology

Long words, affixes; nontonal.

Language Development

NT: 2011.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].