Alternate Names: Meshikan del occidente, Mexicanero del occidente, Nahuat del Occidente en Durango y Nayarit, Western Durango Aztec
Dialects: None known. 85% intelligibility of Eastern Durango Nahuatl ,, 76% of Michoacan Nahuatl ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 900 (2011 SIL).
Language Use: Vigorous. The Nayarit communities are more isolated and surrounded by larger language group; there are pockets of the region where the language has fallen into disuse. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 16% (Durango). Community-based literacy project. Bilingual teachers assessing sociolinguistic situation (2007 SIL). Taught in primary schools. Poetry. Radio programs. Videos. Grammar.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.