Classical Nahuatl

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Classical Nahuatl is the historical prestige variety of the Nahuatl language used in central Mexico at the time of the Aztec Empire and early Spanish colonization, documented extensively in colonial-era texts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Classical Nahuatl canonical 47
Olmos’s Nahuatl grammar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nahuatl language
historical language
language variety
documentedBy Alonso de Molina
Andrés de Olmos
Bernardino de Sahagún
documentedIn annals and chronicles
colonial-era dictionaries
colonial-era grammars
colonial-era legal documents
poetry
religious texts
the Florentine Codex
linked to: Florentine Codex
hasCanonicalWork Florentine Codex
Molina’s Nahuatl–Spanish dictionary
Olmos’s Nahuatl grammar
linked to: Classical Nahuatl
hasDescendant Central Nahuatl dialects
Guerrero Nahuatl
Huasteca Nahuatl
hasFeature absolutive suffix on nouns
agglutinative morphology
complex verbal morphology
polysynthetic structure
possessive prefixes
verb-initial word order tendencies
hasGlottocode clas1250
hasRole administrative language of the Aztec Empire
lingua franca in central Mexico
missionary language in New Spain
historicalPeriod Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
early Spanish colonial period
influenced Mexican Spanish vocabulary
modern Nahuatl varieties
ISO639-3 nci
languageBranch Southern Uto-Aztecan
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
languageGroup Nahuan
linked to: Nahuan languages
primaryScript Latin alphabet
region Central Highlands of Mexico
linked to: Mexican Plateau

Valley of Mexico
spokenIn Central Mexico
standardFor colonial Nahuatl documentation
status no longer spoken as a native language
used as a scholarly and liturgical language
subclassOf Mesoamerican languages
Nahuan languages
Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan

indigenous languages of Mexico
timeOfUse 15th century
16th century
17th century
usedBy Aztec Empire
Mexica people
linked to: Mexica

Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
writingSystem Aztec pictographic tradition
Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nahuan languages hasPart Classical Nahuatl
Nahuan languages hasNotableVariety Classical Nahuatl
Huitzilopochtli languageName Classical Nahuatl
Nahua traditionalLanguageVariety Classical Nahuatl
Texcoco polity language Classical Nahuatl
Tlatelolco language Classical Nahuatl
Pochutec isDistantlyRelatedTo Classical Nahuatl
Southern Uto-Aztecan hasLanguage Classical Nahuatl
Proto-Uto-Aztecan hasDescendant Classical Nahuatl
Ahuitzotl languageSpoken Classical Nahuatl
Itzcoatl nativeLanguage Classical Nahuatl
tlatoani languageOfTerm Classical Nahuatl
Calmecac languageOfInstruction Classical Nahuatl
subject linked to: calmecac
Telpochcalli languageOfInstruction Classical Nahuatl
subject linked to: telpochcalli
Tlapalizquixochtzin languageSpoken Classical Nahuatl
Axayacatl languageSpoken Classical Nahuatl
Texcoco language Classical Nahuatl
Cuauhtemotzin languageSpoken Classical Nahuatl
Moctezuma I language Classical Nahuatl
Huey Tlatoani languageOfName Classical Nahuatl
Acolhua spokeDialectOf Classical Nahuatl
Tlatoani of Tlatelolco language Classical Nahuatl
Proto-Nahuan hasDescendant Classical Nahuatl
Modern Nahuatl follows Classical Nahuatl
Modern Nahuatl hasAncestor Classical Nahuatl
Aztec mythology languageOfTransmission Classical Nahuatl
Xiuhcoatl languageOfName Classical Nahuatl
subject linked to: xiuhcoatl
Centzon Huitznahua languageOfName Classical Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl hasCanonicalWork Olmos’s Nahuatl grammar
linked to: Classical Nahuatl
Eastern Nahuatl ancestor Classical Nahuatl
Coyolxauhqui languageOfName Classical Nahuatl
Chalchiuhtlicue nameLanguage Classical Nahuatl
Western Nahuatl hasAncestor Classical Nahuatl
Western Nahuatl descendedFrom Classical Nahuatl
Tlalocan languageOfName Classical Nahuatl
Michoacán Nahuatl hasAncestor Classical Nahuatl
Nahuatl hasPart Classical Nahuatl
Atlcahualo languageOfName Classical Nahuatl
Pipil (Nawat) hasAncestor Classical Nahuatl
Nezahualpilli nativeLanguage Classical Nahuatl
Nezahualpilli languageUsed Classical Nahuatl
Tlatelolco altepetl language Classical Nahuatl
Cēmpoalātl etymologyLanguage Classical Nahuatl
Proto-Aztecan ancestorOf Classical Nahuatl
Chicomoztoc languageOfName Classical Nahuatl
Aztlan languageContext Classical Nahuatl
Proto-Southern Uto-Aztecan ancestorOf Classical Nahuatl