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Nahuatl (/ˈnɑːwɑːtəl/;Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈnaːwatɬ]), known informally as Aztec, is a language or group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by an estimated 1.5 million Nahua people, most of whom live in Central Mexico. All Nahuan languages are indigenous to Mesoamerica.
Nahuatl has been spoken in Central Mexico since at least the 7th century CE. It was the language of the Aztecs who dominated what is now central Mexico during the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican history. During the centuries preceding the Spanish conquest of Mexico, the Aztec Empire had expanded to incorporate a large part of central Mexico, and its influence caused the variety of Nahuatl spoken by the residents of Tenochtitlan to become a prestige language in Mesoamerica. At the conquest, with the introduction of the Latin alphabet, Nahuatl also became a literary language, and many chronicles, grammars, works of poetry, administrative documents and codices were written in it during the 16th and 17th centuries. This early literary language based on the Tenochtitlan variety has been labeled Classical Nahuatl and is among the most studied and best-documented languages of America.
I'm still a student of Nahuatl. However, I speak it well enough to create many sentences
This brief video demonstrates how to pronounce some basic words in the Nahuatl language. Narration by Ome-Coatl.
A grandpa translate Nahuatl in modern spanish
Ancient Mexico was a hotbed of language mixing. Aztecs and Maya spoke completely unrelated languages, but a Mesoamerican linguistic mindmeld tied them together in surprising ways. Here's the grammar. Subscribe for language: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Follow my progress or become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=584038 My last video looked at the role of Aztec (Nahuatl) and Maya (Chontal) in the conquest of Mexico. This time, we learn the grammar of these languages. I'll start with the things that stood out to me about Chontal Maya and Classical Aztec pronunciation, nouns, verbs, prepositions, alignment and basic sentence structure. Stick with me through that, and you'll earn a reward big enough to satisfy the grammatical cravings of almost an...
Learn Nahuatl language here: http://www.nahuatl-language.org/
The Nahuatl alphabet I've created for my lessons. For the written lesson, go and check out my blog: http://www.gcondado.com/2015/02/in-aalili-in-aciwali-maciyoahtolisi.html Follow @Nawasentlakah on Twitter If you have any comment, please send it to me via e-mail or tweet me.
Learn Nahuatl on the web here http://www.nahuatl-language.org/
The following is a Project of The Mexica Movement We present this lecture so that our people can speak intelligently about their heritage. This is presented to you as part of the education that is necessary for the liberation of our people. Please read the great history that is part of our heritage that goes along with learning our Nahuatl and other languages at www.mexica-movement.org or more specifically at http://mexica-movement.org/timexihcah/intromain.htm The Nahuatl language is part of our heritage. Nahuatl has nothing to do with Hispanic/Latino. Nahuatl is not part of New Age, energy or the other distortions of our heritage that are found in our communities. Professor Fermin Herrera of Cal State Northridge made this lecture on the Nahuatl language for the Mexica Mo...