Anyone Speak Nahuatl?

[Tlaneloli]

Originally Posted by xS☺Be

Wiki says 1.5 million people speak it. And of course almost every geographic location within 100 miles of DF is a Nahuatl name.

Two more for the OP:

Quetzal: Parrot

Coatl: Snake

You always get two for one from the Meshicos.

Where did you get this info that Quetzal means parrot? There's a bird called the Quetzal.

If I'm not mistaken parrot is cochotl

[dv5247]

Originally Posted by TotallyTam

I lived amongst one band of Otomi in central Mexico for fourteen months. I believe Otomi is a derivative of Nahuatl. It was an interesting, tonal language still spoken by most elderly people (especially women). I would think traveling to central Mexico would be the best place to learn the language of las Aztecas. Many languages of indigenous people around the world are dying, so it would be really great if you did learn Nahuatl! Good luck El Waiboi!

otomi different language family

[dv5247]

in mexico there are about 2 million direct descendents of the aztec empire geneticlly and and linguisticlly in the u.s i worked with some nahuatl they callthemselves mesahuamej the real mexicans or nahuas the peolpe of in between the waters