Language

Nahuatl

  • Global speakers: 1,740,000
  • Glottocode: guer1241, cent2132, cent2133, oriz1235, west2624
  • ISO 639-3: ngu, nhn, ncx, nlv, nhw
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With approximately 1.5 million speakers in central Mexico, Nahuatl is one of the most widely-spoken Indigenous languages of the Americas and retains a direct connection with the Classical Nahuatl used in the Aztec Empire. Along with Mixtec probably the mostly widely spoken Indigenous Mexican language in New York, Nahuatl may have thousands or tens of thousands of speakers in the metropolitan area. Some 30-plus Nahuatl varieties have been identified, grouped into 6 larger language groupings which are likely all represented by at least a few speakers in New York: Guerrero (e.g. Xalpatlahac), Orizaba (Veracruz), Central (Tlaxcala, Puebla City), Western Huasteca (San Luis Potosi), Eastern Huasteca.
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Corona
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East Harlem
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Staten Island

Elm Park
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Mott Haven
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New Haven

New Haven (CT)
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Brooklyn

Sunset Park
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