Langenesis

Uto-Aztecan family

Pipil

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Pipil (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Uto-Aztecan language. Lineage: Proto-Uto-Aztecan → Proto-Nahuan → Pipil.

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Speakers
200 (200)
ISO 639-3
ppl
Glottocode
pipi1250

Nahuan language of El Salvador (Nawat). It came from Nahua migrations around 800-1000 CE. Critically endangered; revitalization is underway.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Uto-Aztecanc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Nahuanc. 400 CE – 900 CE
  3. Pipilc. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Nahuan.

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