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History of Nahuatl

The history of the Nahuatl, Aztec or Mexica language can be traced back to the time when Teotihuacan flourished. From the 4th century AD to the present, the journey and development of the language and its dialect varieties have gone through a large number of periods and processes, the language being used by various peoples, civilizations and states throughout the history of the cultural area of Mesoamerica. Like the history of languages, it is analyzed from two main different points of view: the internal one —the processes of change in the language— and the external one —the changes in the sociopolitical context where the language is spoken—. From this, based on the proposal for the classification of the evolution of attested Nahuatl by Ángel María Garibay, the history of the language is divided into the following stages: Archaic era (until 900 AD). Ancient period (900–1430). Classical period (1430–1521). Contact era (1521–1600). Reflourishing era (1600–1767). Decline period (1767–1821). Modern era (1821–1910). Contemporary era (1910–present).

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• ▸Kannada
• ▸Area code 435
• ▸Hedwig Gorski

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