Tlaxcala–Puebla Nahuatl

Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl
Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl
Central Nahuatl
Native to	Tlaxcala, Puebla
Region	western central Mexico
Native speakers	(40,000 cited 1980 census)[1]
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Aztecan (Nahuan) Nahuatl Central Nahuatl Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nhn
Glottolog	cent2132

The Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl language, also known as Central Nahuatl, is a Nahuan language spoken by 40,000 people in central Mexico.

Name

It is variously known as Central Aztec, Náhuatl del Centro, and Puebla-Tlaxcala Nahuatl. In 1990, there were 1,000 Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl monolinguals.[1]

Phonology

The following description is that of the Tlaxcala dialect:[2]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː
Mid	e eː		o oː
Low		a aː

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Glottal
	Labial	central	lateral	Palatal	plain	labial	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p	t			k	kʷ
Affricate		ts	tɬ	tʃ
Fricative		s		ʃ			h
Approximant			l	j		w

References

Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Nájera, Lucero Flores (2019). La gramática de la cláusula simple en el Náhuatl de Tlaxcala.

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[e18-1] Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Nájera, Lucero Flores (2019). La gramática de la cláusula simple en el Náhuatl de Tlaxcala.