Nahuatl, Central

NHN

threatened

Alternate Names: Central Aztec, Náhuatl del Centro, Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl

Genealogy:

Uto-Aztecan
Southern Uto-Aztecan
Corachol-Aztecan
Core Nahua
Nahuatl

Demographics: 40,000 (1980 census). All Nahuatl variety speakers: 1,380,000. 1,000 monolinguals (1990 census). Ethnic population: 63,000 (1986).

Language Use: San Miguel Canoa northeast of Puebla City most monolingual. Most also use Spanish [spa].

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico