Nahuatl
language of the Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family
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Summary
Nahuatl is a human language[1]. Nahuatl draws 15,349 Wikipedia views per month (human language category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Mexico[3], El Salvador[4]
- Instance of: language group[5]
- Subclass of: Nahuan[6], Uto-Aztecan[7], Indigenous languages of the Americas[8]
- Writing system: Latin script[9], Aztec script[10]
- Part of: indigenous languages of Mexico[11]
- Commons category: Nahuan languages[12]
- Wikimedia language code: nah[13]
- Start time: 400[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nahuatl[15]
- Language regulatory body: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas[16]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1,925,620[17]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18]
- Native label: Nawatlahtolli[19], nawatl[20], mexkatl[21]
- UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable[22]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NAH[23]
- Linguistic typology: verb–subject–object[24], agglutinative language[25], polysynthetic language[26]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Nahuatl-language films[27]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Languages[28], WikiProject Indigenous peoples of the Americas[29], WikiProject Mesoamerica[30], WikiProject Mexico[31]
- Related category: Category:Nahuatl pronunciation[32]
Why It Matters
Nahuatl has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Nahuatl is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]