Langenesis

Uto-Aztecan family

Classical Nahuatl

c. 1300 CE – 1750 CE Classical

Classical Nahuatl (c. 1300 CE – 1750 CE) is a classical Uto-Aztecan language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Uto-Aztecan → Proto-Nahuan → Classical Nahuatl.

See Classical Nahuatl on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
nci
Glottocode
clas1250

Language of Tenochtitlan and the Aztec Empire. After the conquest it became a major written language in Latin script (the Florentine Codex and colonial documents).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Uto-Aztecanc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Nahuanc. 400 CE – 900 CE
  3. Classical Nahuatlc. 1300 CE – 1750 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Nahuan.

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