Classical Nahuatl, also known simply as Aztec or Codical Nahuatl (if it refers to the variants employed in the Mesoamerican Codices through the medium...
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CISL:cislocative ('towards'); TRSL:translocative ('away from'); The grammar of Classical Nahuatl is agglutinative, head-marking, and makes extensive use of compounding...
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literary language based on the Tenochtitlan variety has been labeled Classical Nahuatl. It is among the most studied and best-documented Indigenous languages...
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Since the early 16th century, Nahuatl has been written in an orthography in Latin script based on Spanish spelling conventions, with overall the same...
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Nahuan languages (redirect from Nahuatl Dialects)
Nahuatl Eastern Nahuatl Huastec Guerrero Sierra Puebla Tehuacán–Zongolica Isthmus Pipil Western Nahuatl Central Nahuatl Classical Nahuatl Tlaxcala–Puebla...
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Huasteca Nahuatl is a Nahuan language spoken by over a million people in the region of La Huasteca in Mexico, centered in the states of Hidalgo (Eastern)...
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Isthmus Nahuatl (Isthmus Nahuat; native name: melaꞌtájto̱l) is a Nahuatl dialect cluster spoken by about 30,000 people in Veracruz, Mexico. According to...
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Possessive affix (section Classical Nahuatl)
the reader is included) or negara kami (if the reader is excluded). Classical Nahuatl, an Uto-Aztecan language, uses possessive prefixes. Possessive apostrophe...
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Mexico State, and Guerrero. Nuclear: Classical Nahuatl, Morelos Nahuatl, Tetelcingo Nahuatl Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl (border of Puebla and Tlaxcala) and...
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Nahuatl has been in intense contact with Spanish since the Spanish conquest of 1521. Since that time, there have been a large number of Spanish loanwords...
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Nawat language (section Nawat and Nahuatl compared)
two Classical Nahuatl sounds /t/ and /t͡ɬ/ but also a word final saltillo or glottal stop /ʔ/ in nominal plural suffixes (e.g. Nawat -met : Classical -meh)...
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Tilmàtli (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
A tilmàtli (or tilma; Classical Nahuatl: tilmahtli, Classical Nahuatl pronunciation: [tilmaʔtɬi]) was a type of outer garment worn by men as a cloak/cape...
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Tonantzin (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
Tonantzin (Classical Nahuatl: Tonāntzin [toˈnáːn.tsin]) is a Nahuatl title composed of to- "our" + nān "mother" + -tzin "(honorific suffix)". When addressing...
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Xōchiquetzal (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
Aztec mythology, Xochiquetzal (Classical Nahuatl: Xōchiquetzal [ʃoːt͡ʃiˈket͡saɬ]), also called Ichpochtli Classical Nahuatl: Ichpōchtli [itʃˈpoːtʃtɬi], meaning...
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Huītzilōpōchtli (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
Huitzilopochtli (Classical Nahuatl: Huītzilōpōchtli, IPA: [wiːt͡siloːˈpoːt͡ʃt͡ɬi] ) is the solar and war deity of sacrifice in Aztec religion. He was...
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Tlatoani (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
Tlahtoāni (Classical Nahuatl: tlahtoāni pronounced [t͡ɬaʔtoˈaːniˀ] , "ruler, sovereign"; plural tlahtohqueh [t͡ɬaʔˈtoʔkeʔ]) is a historical title used...
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Ehecatl (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
Ehecatl (Classical Nahuatl: Ehēcatl [eˈʔeːkatɬ], modern Nahuatl pronunciation) is a pre-Columbian deity associated with the wind, who features in Aztec...
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Colhuacan (altepetl) (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
Culhuacan (Classical Nahuatl: Cōlhuàcān [koːlˈwaʔkaːn]) was one of the Nahuatl-speaking pre-Columbian city-states of the Valley of Mexico. According to...
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Causative (section Classical Nahuatl)
root (guata) can take both causatives but with different meanings. Classical Nahuatl, in the Uto-Aztecan language family, has a well-developed morphological...
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Itzcoatl (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
Itzcoatl (Classical Nahuatl: Itzcōhuātl [it͡sˈkoːwaːt͡ɬ], "Obsidian Serpent", modern Nahuatl pronunciation) (c. 1380–1440) was the fourth king of Tenochtitlan...
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official. Nahuatl Nahuan languages Classical Nahuatl Huasteca Nahuatl Guerrero Nahuatl Orizaba Nahuatl Aztec script Nahuatl orthography Nahuatl grammar...
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Tetelcingo Nahuatl, called Mösiehuali̱ by its speakers, is a Nahuatl variety of central Mexico. It is one of the core varieties closely related to Classical Nahuatl...
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Malinalxochitl (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
mythology, Malinalxochitl, or Malīnalxōch, (Classical Nahuatl: Malīnalxōchitl [maliːnaɬˈʃoːtʃitɬ], from Nahuatl malinalli "grass" and xochitl "flower") was...
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Urdu in the 19th century. Classical Maya (the language of the mature Maya civilization, 3rd to 9th centuries) Classical Nahuatl (lingua franca of 16th-century...
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Thursday (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
Albanian language Thursday is called "Enjte". In the Nahuatl language, Thursday is Tezcatlipotōnal (Nahuatl pronunciation: [teskat͡ɬipoˈtoːnaɬ]) meaning "day...
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Quetzalcōātl (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
Quetzalcoatl (/ˌkɛtsəlkoʊˈætəl/) (Nahuatl: "Feathered Serpent") is a deity in Aztec culture and literature. Among the Aztecs, he was related to wind,...
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Tēcciztēcatl (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
In Aztec mythology, Tecciztecatl (Classical Nahuatl: Tēcciztēcatl [teːk.sis.ˈteː.kat͡ɬ], "person from Tēcciztlān," a place name meaning "Place of the...
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Cōātlīcue (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
Coatlicue (/kwɑːtˈliːkweɪ/; Classical Nahuatl: cōātl īcue, Nahuatl pronunciation: [koː(w)aːˈt͡ɬiːkʷeː] , "skirt of snakes"), wife of Mixcōhuātl, also known...
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Mesoamerican ballgame (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
The Mesoamerican ballgame (Nahuatl languages: ōllamalīztli, Nahuatl pronunciation: [oːlːamaˈlistɬi], Mayan languages: pitz) was a sport with ritual associations...
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Pulque (category Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text)
Pulque (Spanish: ['pulke] ; Classical Nahuatl: metoctli), occasionally known as octli or agave wine, is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented...
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