Orizaba Nahuatl
Orizaba Nahuatl is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Mexico.
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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
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | lakaL* | |
| eye | steiolo* | |
| ear | nakas* | |
| nose | yekacol* | |
| tooth | Lan* | |
| tongue | nenepil* | |
| hand | muma* | |
| blood | esLi* | |
| bone | omi* | |
| skin | nakayo* | |
| knee | Lankwa* | |
| breast | ciciwali7* | |
| liver | yel* | |
| water | atl | |
| fire | LeL* | |
| sun | tonali* | |
| mountain | kwoLaLa* | |
| tree | kwawi* | |
| leaf | SiwiL* | |
| dog | ckwi* | |
| fish | mio* | |
| I | ne7waL* | |
| you | te7wal* | |
| we | tehwan* | |
| drink | oni* | |
| die | mik* | |
| path | 7co* | |
| new | yankwik* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Huaxcaleca NahuatlUto-Aztecan56% alike
- Northern Puebla NahuatlUto-Aztecan55% alike
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla NahuatlUto-Aztecan52% alike
- Southeastern Puebla NahuatlUto-Aztecan51% alike
- Morelos NahuatlUto-Aztecan49% alike
- Northern Oaxaca NahuatlUto-Aztecan48% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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