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 (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

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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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (122)

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 ⓘ
Ecatepec (Nahua settlement) → language → Classical Nahuatl ⓘ
Chimalpopoca → nativeLanguage → Classical Nahuatl ⓘ