NAHUATL IS A UTO-AZRECAN LANGUAGE OF MEXICO. CLASSICAL NAHUATL LANGUAGE IS EXTINCT,BUT MODERN NAHUATL IS STILLLIVING. IT IS SPOKEN BY 2 MILLION INDIGENOUS MEXICANS. THE NAHUATL INDIANS STILL LIVE HERE AND THEY HAVE A TRADITIONAL FOLKLORE AS WELL. THESE FOLKS ARE AZTECAN OF UTO-AZTECAN LANGUAGE FAMILY. THEY ARE SPOKEN BY 1.5 MILLION NAHUA PEOPLE. IT HAS BEEN SPOKEN SINCE THE 7TH CENTURY A.D. IT WAS SPOKEN BY THE AZTECS AND BECAME A PRESTIEGE LANGUAGE IN MESOAMERICA. IT WAS USED FOR VARIOUS POETRY WORKS, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, AND CODICES.
THE NAHUATL PROBABLY MIGRATED FROM NORTHERN MEXICAN DESERTS INTO CENTRAL MEXICO. THIS THEORY HAS BEEN CHALLENGED/THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT NAHUATL PRESENCE AT TEOTIHUACAN.
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