Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl
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| Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Puebla, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, El Salvador |
| Linguistic classification: | Uto-Aztecan
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| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: | None |
Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl is a group of Nahuatl languages, including the Pipil language of El Salvador and the Nahuatl dialects of the Sierra Norte de Puebla, southern Veracruz, and Tabasco (Isthmus dialects):[1]
- Sierra Puebla Nahuatl
- ?Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl (Tehuacan–Zongolica)
- Isthmus Nahuatl
- Pipil and Tabasco Nahuatl (incl. extinct Chiapas Nahuatl?)
The boundaries of Eastern Nahuatl are not clear. Southeastern Puebla (Tehuacan-Zongolica) is particularly ambiguous. Hasler (1996:164) summarizes the situation,
- "Juan Hasler (1958:338) interprets the presence in the region of [a mix of] eastern dialect features and central dialect features as an indication of a substratum of eastern Nahuatl and a superstratum of central Nahuatl. Una Canger (1980:15–20) classifies the region as part of the eastern area, while Yolanda Lastra (1986:189–190) classifies it as part of the central area."[2]
