Michoacán Nahuatl

Michoacán Nahuatl is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Michoacán Nahuatl · 18.3°N 103.4°W

Michoacán Nahuatl is the name given to a variety of Nahuatl language spoken by the Nahua Michoacan on the Pacific Coast of Mexico in Michoacán. It is a dialect of Nahuatl, a language of the Uto-Aztecan family. It is the westernmost extant variant of this language, although the Uto-Aztecan family is spread further north, central, south and east. It has around 9,000 speakers which mainly reside in rural communities in the municipality of Aquila, primarily Pómaro and Maruata, in Michoacán de Ocampo,[a] which coexist with the Purepecha language speakers. The Michoacan Nahuatl is one of many Nahua dialects, notably with regard to the central dialects which include tl in certain words, usually Michoacan. For example, the word for "man" in Central Nahuatl is tlacatl, whereas in Michoacan Nahuatl it is lacal.

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Words in Michoacán Nahuatl

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	laka*
eye	Stololon*
ear	nakas*
nose	yakacol*
tooth	lan*
tongue	leNgwa*
hand	mama*
blood	es*
bone	ume*
skin	kwilaS*
knee	lankwa*
breast	peCo*
water	al
fire	teSuS*
sun	tonal*
star	silal*
wind	ijyecal
mountain	tepe*
tree	kwaw*
leaf	sakayol*
dog	pelo*
fish	miC*
louse	atem*
I	newal*
you	tewal*
we	tewantin*
drink	kune*
die	mikik*
path	oh*
new	yankwik*