Total population | |
---|---|
~12,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Western and central El Salvador | |
El Salvador | Estimated 12,000[1] |
Honduras | 6,388 |
Languages | |
Nawat (Nahuat), Salvadoran Spanish | |
Religion | |
Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic) and Traditional Indigenous Customs | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Nahuas, Nicarao people, Lenca |
The Pipil are an Indigenous group of Mesoamerican people inhabiting the western and central areas of present-day El Salvador. They are a subgroup of the larger Nahua ethnic group of Central America. They speak the Nawat language, which belongs to the Nahuan language branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. The Nawat language is distinct from the Nahuatl language, as Nawat is descended from the central Mexican Nahuatl, and spoken mainly in Central America. There are very few speakers of the language left, which is a reason for the current efforts being made to revitalize it.
Nahua cosmology is related to that of the Toltec, Maya and Lenca.[2]