Coatepec Nahuatl is a variety of Nahuatl of southwestern

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and

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spoken by 1,400 people.Nahuatl, Coatepec
Ethnologue, 1990, access date 24-03-2012

Language

It is also known as Coatepec Aztec and Náhuatl de Coatepec. The language is spoken in central Mexico along the border of Mexico and Guerrero states, west of

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. It is especially strong in Coatepec Costales and Chilacachapa, and is spoken as far west as Acapetlahuaya and Sultepec. It is written in the

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and is predominantly spoken by older adults with 15 monolinguals. The ''General History of the Things of New Spain'' in the

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, by Fray

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was written in Coatepec Nahuatl and

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References

External links

* Nahuatl, Central Puebla Nahuatl {{Mexico-stub