Nahuatl language

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Proto-Nahuan
gptkb:Proto-Uto-Aztecan
gptkbp:firstAttested 7th century
gptkbp:glottologCode nah
naua1239
gptkbp:historicalRegion gptkb:Central_Mexico
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nahuatl language
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Mexican_Spanish
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code nah
gptkbp:ISO639-3 nah
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Uto-Aztecan_languages
gptkbp:linguisticTypology agglutinative language
gptkbp:loanwordsInEnglish gptkb:Scotch_whisky
gptkb:bird
gptkb:lion
gptkb:spice
gptkb:chocolate
gptkb:axolotl
garlic
mesquite
avocado
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Cantares_Mexicanos
gptkb:Huehuetlahtolli
gptkb:Florentine_Codex
gptkbp:notableLanguage gptkb:Eastern_Huasteca_Nahuatl
gptkb:Western_Huasteca_Nahuatl
gptkb:Classical_Nahuatl
gptkb:Guerrero_Nahuatl
gptkb:Huasteca_Nahuatl
gptkb:Isthmus_Nahuatl
gptkb:Puebla_Nahuatl
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 1.5 million
gptkbp:order verb–subject–object (VSO)
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Instituto_Nacional_de_Lenguas_Indígenas_(INALI)
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:El_Salvador
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:status endangered
recognized indigenous language in Mexico
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Aztecan_languages
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Aztecs
gptkb:Chichimeca
gptkb:Acolhua
gptkb:Tlaxcaltecs
gptkb:Mexica
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:Classical_Nahuatl_script
left-to-right
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Michoacán_Nahuatl
gptkb:Texcocano
gptkb:Aztec_pictograms
gptkb:Atlatl
gptkb:Michoacán_Spanish
gptkb:Spanish_(loanwords)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6