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Western Peripheral Nahuatl

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Geographic distribution
  
Puebla, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, El Salvador

Linguistic classification
  
Uto-Aztecan Aztecan (Nahuan) Nahuatl Western Peripheral Nahuatl

Subdivisions
  
Durango–Nayarit West Coast Western Mexico State Pochutec

Glottolog
  
west2814  (mostly a match)

Western Peripheral Nahuatl is a group of Nahuatl languages of Western Mexico. They are:

  • Michoacán AKA Pómaro Nahuatl on the west coast
  • Coatepec and Temascaltepec Nahuatl of western México State and northwestern Guerrero
  • Colima–Durango: Mexicanero and extinct dialects of Colima

    • Pochutec may belong here.

    References

    Western Peripheral Nahuatl Wikipedia
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