Langenesis

Uto-Aztecan family

Nahuatl

c. 1750 CE – today Living

Nahuatl (c. 1750 CE – today) is a living Uto-Aztecan language. Lineage: Proto-Uto-Aztecan → Proto-Nahuan → Classical Nahuatl → Nahuatl.

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Speakers
1.7M (1,700,000)

Modern Nahuatl varieties of central Mexico. They form a dialect continuum rather than one standard, and not every variety descends directly from the Tenochtitlan standard.

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
  4. Nahuatlc. 1750 CE – today

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