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As a result, one scholar estimated in 1983 that there was no group of Nahuatl speakers who had attained general literacy (that is, the ability to read the classical language) in Nahuatl, [71] and Nahuatl speakers' literacy rate in Spanish also remained much lower than the national average. [72]
There are many who speak Nahuatl with native Mexican speakers and others who prefer only to speak it with other Chicanos. Likewise, the Nahuatl connection with its own identity is the reason why many of them have Nahuatl names. [14] On the other hand, Nahuatl is used by inmates in prisons in New Mexico, California and other states to speak in ...
It has around 9000 speakers which mainly reside in rural communities in the municipalities of Aquila, Apatzingán Pomaro and Maruata in Michoacán de Ocampo, which coexist with the Purepecha language speakers. The Michoacan Nahuatl is one of many Nahua dialects, notably with regard to the central dialects which include tl in certain words ...
Despite such intentions to eradicate indigenous languages, many words were transmitted from Nahuatl to Spanish. These borrowings have continued into the 21st century, with Nahuatl being the indigenous language with the greatest number of speakers in Mexico. The use of nahuatlisms has sparked discussion among researchers interested in the topic.
64.3% of Nahuatl speakers are literate in Spanish compared with the national average of 97.5% for Spanish literacy. Male Nahuatl speakers have 9.8 years of education on average and women 10.1, compared with the 13.6 and 14.1 years that are the national averages for men and women, respectively. [78]
They are instead broadly grouped together with all Nahuatl-speaking people, collectively known as Nahuas. In 2020, there were estimated to be over 1.6 million Nahuatl speakers living in Mexico, [29] as well as several thousand Nahuatl-speaking immigrants from Mexico living in the United States. [30]
From home speakers to smart hot tubs, and including remote devices such as smart locks, CCTV and trackers, domestic abusers are using everyday technology to terrorise and monitor their victims.
Nahuatl is spoken by about 1.7 million Nahua peoples. [4] Some authorities, such as the Mexican government, Ethnologue, and Glottolog, consider the varieties of modern Nahuatl to be distinct languages, because they are often mutually unintelligible, their grammars differ and their speakers have distinct ethnic identities. As of 2008, the ...