Region western central Mexico Writing system Latin | Native speakers 150,000 (1998) | |
Language family Uto-Aztecan
Aztecan (Nahuan)
Nahuatl
Central Nahuatl
Guerrero Nahuatl ISO 639-3 Either:
ngu – Guerrero Nahuatl
nuz – Tlamacazapa Nahuatl Glottolog guer1241 (Guerrero)
tlam1239 (Tlamacazapa) | ||
The Guerrero Nahuatl language is a Nahuan language spoken by 150,000 people in Mexico.
Language
It is also known as Guerrero Aztec and Náhuatl de Guerrero. It is spoken in various municipalities of along the Balsas River including Tepecoacuilco de Trujano, Huitzuco de los figueroa, Atenango del Río, Copalillo, Mártir de Cuilapan, Zitlala, Tixtla de Guerrero, Mochitlán, Quechultenango, Chilapa de Álvarez, Ahuacuotzingo, Olinalá, Atlixtac, Zapotitlan Tablas, Ayutla de los Libres, Cualác, Huamuxtitlán, Xochihuehuetlán, Tlapa de Comonfort, Alpoyeca, Xalpatláhuac, and Alcozauca de Guerrero.It is written in the Latin script. There is some video material in addition to a dictionary in this language. It is a subject–verb–object ordered language. The words tend to be long with affixes and clitics. Guerrero Nahuatl is not tonal.
"A long 'l' for other variants is pronounced 'j'l (hl) so the word for 'house', which is 'calli' elsewhere in Nahuatl, is pronounced 'cajli' or 'káhli' in Guerrero."