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Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl

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Glottolog:
  
None

Geographicdistribution:
  
Puebla, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, El Salvador

Linguistic classification:
  
Uto-AztecanAztecan (Nahuan)NahuatlEastern Peripheral Nahuatl

Subdivisions:
  
Sierra Puebla Nahuatl? Tehuacan-Zongolica NahuatlIsthmus NahuatlPipil–Tabasco

Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl is a group of Nahuatl languages, including the Pipil language of El Salvador and the Nahuatl dialects of the Sierra Norte de Puebla, southern Veracruz, and Tabasco (Isthmus dialects):

  • Sierra Puebla Nahuatl
  • ?Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl (Tehuacan–Zongolica)
  • Isthmus Nahuatl
  • Pipil and Tabasco Nahuatl (incl. extinct Chiapas Nahuatl?)

    • The boundaries of Eastern Nahuatl are not clear. Southeastern Puebla (Tehuacan-Zongolica) is particularly ambiguous. Hasler (1996:164) summarizes the situation,

    "Juan Hasler (1958:338) interprets the presence in the region of [a mix of] eastern dialect features and central dialect features as an indication of a substratum of eastern Nahuatl and a superstratum of central Nahuatl. Una Canger (1980:15–20) classifies the region as part of the eastern area, while Yolanda Lastra (1986:189–190) classifies it as part of the central area."

    References

    Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl Wikipedia
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