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Orizaba Nahuatl

Orizaba Nahuatl is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Mexico.

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Orizaba Nahuatl · 18.6°N 97.0°W

Orizaba Nahuatl is a native American language spoken in the southeastern Mexican state of Veracruz mostly in the area to the south of the city of Orizaba. It is also known as Orizaba Aztec and Náhuatl de la Sierra de Zongolica. It has 79 percent intelligibility with Morelos Nahuatl. There is a dialect called Ixhuatlancillo Nahuatl which is spoken in a town to the north of Orizaba. There is one secondary school which uses this language.

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Words in Orizaba Nahuatl

MeaningWordRomanization
personlakaL*
eyesteiolo*
earnakas*
noseyekacol*
toothLan*
tonguenenepil*
handmuma*
bloodesLi*
boneomi*
skinnakayo*
kneeLankwa*
breastciciwali7*
liveryel*
wateratl
fireLeL*
suntonali*
mountainkwoLaLa*
treekwawi*
leafSiwiL*
dogckwi*
fishmio*
Ine7waL*
youte7wal*
wetehwan*
drinkoni*
diemik*
path7co*
newyankwik*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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