Eastern Nahuatl

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Eastern Nahuatl is a branch of the Nahuatl language continuum spoken in eastern Mexico, encompassing several closely related indigenous dialects.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Nahuatl
indigenous language variety
language variety
ancestor Classical Nahuatl
basicWordOrder flexible word order
closelyRelatedTo Central Nahuatl
Western Nahuatl
country Mexico
ethnicity Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
hasAlternativeName Eastern Nahuatl dialect cluster
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl

Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
hasDialect Central Veracruz Nahuatl
Isthmus Nahuatl
Mecayapan Nahuatl
linked to: Pajapan Nahuatl

Oaxaca Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl

Orizaba Nahuatl
Pajapan Nahuatl
Sierra Puebla Nahuatl
Sierra de Zongolica Nahuatl
Tehuacan-Zongolica Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
hasFeature aspect marking on verbs
glottal stop phoneme
locative suffixes
possessive prefixes
rich verbal morphology
vowel length contrast
hasType agglutinative language
languageFamily Aztecan
Uto-Aztecan
languageOf Mesoamerica
macrolanguage Nahuatl
morphologicalType polysynthetic language
partOf Nahuatl language continuum
region Hidalgo
Oaxaca
linked to: Oaxaca state

Puebla
Veracruz
spokenIn eastern Mexico
status vulnerable language
subgroupOf Aztecan languages
Nahuatl
Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
usedFor local trade
oral communication
traditional ceremonies
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Nahuan languages hasPart Eastern Nahuatl
Nahuan languages hasPart Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Nahuan languages hasPart Huasteca Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Nahuan languages hasPart Durango Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Nahua traditionalLanguageVariety Huasteca Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Nahua traditionalLanguageVariety Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
San Cristóbal Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Viceroyalty of New Spain etymology from Nahuatl "Ehécatl-tepētl" or "wind hill" (commonly rendered as "Ecatepec")
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Proto-Nahuan ancestorOf Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Modern Nahuatl hasDialect Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Modern Nahuatl hasDialect Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Modern Nahuatl hasDialect Isthmus-Cosoleacaque Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Eastern Nahuatl hasDialect Tehuacan-Zongolica Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Eastern Nahuatl hasDialect Oaxaca Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Eastern Nahuatl hasAlternativeName Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl
Eastern Nahuatl hasAlternativeName Eastern Nahuatl dialect cluster
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl