Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Mösiehuali̱
Pronunciation[mɔᵃsⁱeˈwalɪ]
Native toMexico
RegionMorelos
Native speakers
(3,500 cited 1990 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nhg
Glottologtete1251
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Tetelcingo Nahuatl, called Mösiehuali̱ by its speakers, is a Nahuatl variety of central Mexico. It is one of the core varieties closely related to Classical Nahuatl. It is spoken in the town of Tetelcingo, Morelos, and the adjacent Colonia Cuauhtémoc and Colonia Lázaro Cárdenas. These three population centers lie to the north of Cuautla, Morelos and have been largely absorbed into its urban area; as a result the Tetelcingo language and culture are under intense pressure.

In 1935 William Cameron Townsend published a study of Mösiehuali̱, and a number of other studies have been published since then.

  1. ^ Tetelcingo Nahuatl at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon