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Classical Nahuatl

lingua franca that was spoken in the Valley of Mexico in the 16th century
Intangible natural_language Q559242
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Summary

Classical Nahuatl is a natural language[1]. It draws 2,177 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #201 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Aztec Empire[3], Aztec Triple Alliance[4]
  • Instance of: historical language[5], dead language[6]
  • Subclass of: Central Nahuatl[7]
  • Has use: lingua franca[8]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1401[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Classical Nahuatl[10]
  • Has characteristic: Classical Nahuatl grammar[11]
  • Native label: Nāhuatlahtōlli[12]
  • Different from: Nahuatl[13]
  • Indigenous to: Mexican Plateau[14]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NCI[15]

Why It Matters

Classical Nahuatl has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Nezahualcóyotl

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . vocab.getty.edu. Retrieved . vocab.getty.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Miluethi · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Classical Nahuatl
    Instance of → natural language, historical language, dead language
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1401-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Indigenous to → Mexican Plateau
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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