| Orizaba Nahuatl | |
|---|---|
| Āwilisāpan Nāwatl | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Veracruz |
Native speakers | (120,000 cited 1991)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nlv |
| Glottolog | oriz1235 |
Orizaba Nahuatl is a native American language spoken in the southeastern Mexican state of Veracruz mostly in the area to the south of the city of Orizaba.[2] It is also known as Orizaba Aztec and Náhuatl de la Sierra de Zongolica.[3] It has 79 percent intelligibility with Morelos Nahuatl.[3] There is a dialect called Ixhuatlancillo Nahuatl[3] which is spoken in a town to the north of Orizaba. There is one secondary school which uses this language.[3]
- ^ Orizaba Nahuatl at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ [1], Orizaba Nawatl, SIL-México, retrieved 19 Nov, 2007
- ^ a b c d Orizaba Nahuatl at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
