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Morelos Nahuatl

Morelos Nahuatl includes varieties of the Nahuatl language that are spoken in the state of Morelos, Mexico. In Morelos, Nahuatl is spoken in the communities of Cuentepec, Hueyapan, Santa Catarina, Xoxocotla, Atlacholoayan and Tetelcingo. But Tetelcingo Nahuatl is usually considered a separate variety due to its highly innovative phonology, and has very low mutual intelligibility with the other Morelos variants. Ethnologue also considers the varieties of San Felipe Tocla and Alpanocan to belong to the Morelos Nahuatl group of dialects although they are located in the state of Puebla. The dialects belong to the Central dialects closely related to Classical Nahuatl.

Phonology

The following description is that of the Santa Catarina Morelos dialect:

Consonants

/n/ can be heard as [ŋ] when before velar consonants.

Vowels

References

Further reading

  • Dakin, Karen and Ryesky, Diana. 1990. Morelos Nahuatl Dialects: Hypotheses on their historical divisions. Morelos en una economia global. Proceedings of the Congress in Cocoyoc, Morelos, November 19023, 1989. Submitted in January 1990
  • Barrios E., M. 1949. Textos de Hueyapan, Morelos. Tlalocan 3:53-75.
  • Johansson, Patrick, Johansson, Patrick. 1989. El sistema de expression reverencial en Hueyapan, Morelos. Tlalocan XI. 149–162
  • Pequeño diccionario ilustrado; Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos. 2005. 1st ed. Tlalpan, D.F. Mexico: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. 32 pages

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