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Hasler, Juan A. – America Indigena, 1975
Nahuatl was the indigenous, prehispanic Mexican language, still spoken today, and related to the nontonal languages of Mesoamerica. Several Nahuatl dialects are mentioned: Cazcan, Pipil, the extinct Pochuteco, and four dialects distinguished geographically, east, north, central, and west. These are discussed with attention to the development of…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Latin American Culture