Isthmus Nahuatl

Isthmus Nahuatl
melaꞌtájto̱l
Native toMexico
RegionVeracruz, Tabasco
Native speakers
(39,000 cited 1990–2000)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
nhk – Cosoleacaque
nhx – Mecayapan
nhp – Pajapan
Glottologisth1245
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Isthmus Nahuatl (Isthmus Nahuat; native name: melaꞌtájto̱l) is a Nahuatl dialect cluster spoken by about 30,000 people in Veracruz, Mexico. According to Ethnologue 16, the Cosoleacaque dialect is 84% intelligible with Pajapan, and 83% intelligible with Mecayapan.

  1. ^ Cosoleacaque at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Mecayapan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Pajapan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon