Eastern Nahuatl
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Eastern Nahuatl is a branch of the Nahuatl language continuum spoken in eastern Mexico, encompassing several closely related indigenous dialects.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Eastern Nahuatl Context triple: [Nahuan languages, hasPart, Eastern Nahuatl]
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A.
Classical Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl is the historical prestige variety of the Nahuatl language used in central Mexico at the time of the Aztec Empire and early Spanish colonization, documented extensively in colonial-era texts.
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B.
Zapotec
The Zapotec are an indigenous Mesoamerican people primarily from the Oaxaca region of southern Mexico, known for their ancient civilization, distinctive language family, and rich cultural traditions.
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C.
Mazahua
Mazahua is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Mazahua people of central Mexico, particularly in the State of Mexico and surrounding areas.
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D.
Mexican Penutian languages
Mexican Penutian languages are a proposed subgroup of the Penutian language family consisting of several indigenous languages spoken in parts of Mexico.
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E.
Purépecha language
The Purépecha language is an indigenous, language-isolate of western Mexico, primarily spoken in the state of Michoacán by the Purépecha people and known for its unique structure and historical significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Eastern Nahuatl Target entity description: Eastern Nahuatl is a branch of the Nahuatl language continuum spoken in eastern Mexico, encompassing several closely related indigenous dialects.
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A.
Classical Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl is the historical prestige variety of the Nahuatl language used in central Mexico at the time of the Aztec Empire and early Spanish colonization, documented extensively in colonial-era texts.
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B.
Zapotec
The Zapotec are an indigenous Mesoamerican people primarily from the Oaxaca region of southern Mexico, known for their ancient civilization, distinctive language family, and rich cultural traditions.
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C.
Mazahua
Mazahua is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Mazahua people of central Mexico, particularly in the State of Mexico and surrounding areas.
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D.
Mexican Penutian languages
Mexican Penutian languages are a proposed subgroup of the Penutian language family consisting of several indigenous languages spoken in parts of Mexico.
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E.
Purépecha language
The Purépecha language is an indigenous, language-isolate of western Mexico, primarily spoken in the state of Michoacán by the Purépecha people and known for its unique structure and historical significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Nahuatl
ⓘ
indigenous language variety ⓘ language variety ⓘ |
| ancestor | Classical Nahuatl ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Central Nahuatl
ⓘ
Western Nahuatl ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Nahua
ⓘ
surface form:
Nahua people
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Eastern Nahuatl
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Nahuatl dialect cluster
Eastern Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl
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| hasDialect |
Central Veracruz Nahuatl
ⓘ
Isthmus Nahuatl ⓘ Pajapan Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form:
Mecayapan Nahuatl
Eastern Nahuatl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oaxaca Nahuatl
Orizaba Nahuatl ⓘ Pajapan Nahuatl ⓘ Highland Puebla Nahuatl ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Puebla Nahuatl
Sierra de Zongolica Nahuatl ⓘ Eastern Nahuatl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tehuacan-Zongolica Nahuatl
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| hasFeature |
aspect marking on verbs
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glottal stop phoneme ⓘ locative suffixes ⓘ possessive prefixes ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Aztecan
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| languageOf | Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| macrolanguage | Nahuatl ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| partOf | Nahuatl language continuum ⓘ |
| region |
Hidalgo
ⓘ
Oaxaca state ⓘ
surface form:
Oaxaca
Puebla ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ |
| spokenIn | eastern Mexico ⓘ |
| status | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Aztecan languages
ⓘ
Nahuatl ⓘ Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan languages
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| usedFor |
local trade
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oral communication ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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Subject: Eastern Nahuatl Description of subject: Eastern Nahuatl is a branch of the Nahuatl language continuum spoken in eastern Mexico, encompassing several closely related indigenous dialects.
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