Nahuatl

See also: nahuatl, náhuatl, and nàhuatl

English

Etymology

From Spanish náhuatl, from Classical Nahuatl nahuatl, nahuatlatolli (“the clear or understandable language”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːwɑːt(ə)l/, /nɑːˈwɑːt(ə)l/, /nəˈwɑːt(ə)l/

Noun

Nahuatl pl (plural only)

1. A group of people indigenous to the Central Mexico region spanning multiple tribal groups including the Aztecs.

Proper noun

Nahuatl

1. The polysynthetic Aztecan language spoken by an indigenous people of Mexico.

Synonyms

(language):

• Aztec
• Mexican
• Nahuatlato

Derived terms

(language):

• Central Nahuatl
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl
• Classical Nahuatl

• Nahuatlism

Translations

language

• Armenian: նահուատլ (hy) (nahuatl)
• Catalan: nahua (ca) m, (colloquial) nàhuatl (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎾᎱᎠᏢ (nahuatlv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 納瓦特爾語 / 纳瓦特尔语 (zh) (Nàwǎtè'ěryǔ)

• Classical Nahuatl: Nahuatl, Nahuatlahtolli
• Czech: nahuatl (cs) m, náhuatl m, aztéčtina f
• Danish: nahuatl
• Dutch: Nahuatl (nl)
• Esperanto: naŭatla, naŭatla lingvo (with the definite article {{t+|1=eo|2=la}})
• Faroese: nahuatl mál
• Finnish: nahuatl (fi)
• French: nahuatl (fr) m
• Galician: náhuatl (gl) m
• German: Nahuatl (de) n, Aztekisch n
• Irish: Nachuáitlis f
• Italian: nahuatl (it)
• Japanese: ナワトル語 (ja) (nawatoru-go)
• Latin: lingua navatlaca f
• Macedonian: ацтечки m (actečki), нава́тл m (navátl), навански m (navanski)
• Mapudungun: nawa dungun
• Nahuatl: Nāhuatlahtōlli (nah), nauatlajtoli (nah), maseualajtoli
• Navajo: Méhigo bizaad
• Polish: nahuatl (pl), aztecki (pl) m, meksykański (pl) m (rare)
• Portuguese: nahuatl m, nauatle m
• Russian: науа́тль (ru) m (nauátlʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нaхуа̀тл m

  Roman: nahuàtl (sh) m

• Slovak: náhuatl m, nahuatl m, náwatl m, aztéčtina f, mexičtina f (archaic)
• Slovene: azteščina f, nahuatl m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: nahuatl m

  Upper Sorbian: nahuatl m

• Spanish: náhuatl (es) m
• Swahili: Kiazteki, Kinahuatl
• Swedish: nahuatl (sv)
• Ukrainian: науатль (uk) m (nauatlʹ)

See also

• Nahuatl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nahuatl terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-2 code nah

• Ethnologue entry for Classical Nahuatl, nci ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Central Nahuatl, nhn ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Central Puebla Nahuatl, ncx ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Highland Puebla Nahuatl, azz ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Northern Puebla Nahuatl, ncj ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl, nhs ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Coatepec Nahuatl, naz ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Central Huasteca Nahuatl, nch ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl, nhe ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Western Huasteca Nahuatl, nhw ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Guerrero Nahuatl, ngu ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Huaxcaleca Nahuatl, nhq ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Isthmus-Cosoleacaque Nahuatl, nhk ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl, nhx ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Isthmus-Pajapan Nahuatl, nhp ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Michoacán Nahuatl, ncl ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Morelos Nahuatl, nhm ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl, nhy ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Ometepec Nahuatl, nht ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Orizaba Nahuatl, nlv ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Santa María la Alta Nahuatl, nhz ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Tabasco Nahuatl, nhc ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Temascaltepec Nahuatl, nhv ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Tenango Nahuatl, nhi ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Tetelcingo Nahuatl, nhg ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Tlalitzlipa Nahuatl, nhj ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Tlamacazapa Nahuatl, nuz ⁠

Noun

Nahuatl (plural Nahuatls)

1. A member of this group.

Anagrams

• Nathu La