Native to Mexico Native speakers 1,300 (2011) | Region South Durango, Nayarit Glottolog dura1246 | |
Language family Uto-Aztecan
Aztecan (Nahuan)
Nahuatl (dialects)
Western Peripheral Nahuatl
Colima–Durango
Mexicanero ISO 639-3 nln – inclusive code
Individual codes:
azd – Eastern Durango Nahuatl
azn – Western Durango Nahuatl | ||
Mexicanero is the Nahuan language spoken by the Mexicanero people of southern Durango and northern Nayarit. It has around 1000 speakers in the remote towns of San Pedro Jícora and San Juan Buenaventura in the Mezquital municipality, Durango, where they coexist with speakers of Tepehuán, and some 300 speakers in the Acaponeta municipality of Nayarit. There are significant differences between the varieties of San Pedro Jícora on the one hand and San Agustín Buenaventura and Nayarit on the other. The language is vibrant and spoken by adults and children.
Mexicanero is one of the peripheral Nahuatl dialects. It uses the -lo suffix to express plurality of subject. Due to the loss of certain syllables it has acquired phonemic stress.
References
Mexicanero language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA