The Nahuatl Language
The Aztecs were the first Nahuatl speaking people. The Nahuatl dialect was widely spoken in Central America and Mexico. The English words "avocado," "chili," "chocolate," "coyote," and "tomato" originate from the Nahuatl dialect. As stated previously, the Nahuatl language was widely spoken throughout Central America and Mexico. Today communities, mostly around Central America, still speak Nahuatl. Over one million people today speak this indigenous language. Nahuatl became a highly significant language in Mesoamerica.
Nahuatl Writing
The writing of Nahuatl was made up of glyphs, or small pictures instead of letters. It was an ideographic and pictographic writing system. This means that each glyph symbolizes an idea
The Aztecs were the first Nahuatl speaking people. The Nahuatl dialect was widely spoken in Central America and Mexico. The English words "avocado," "chili," "chocolate," "coyote," and "tomato" originate from the Nahuatl dialect. As stated previously, the Nahuatl language was widely spoken throughout Central America and Mexico. Today communities, mostly around Central America, still speak Nahuatl. Over one million people today speak this indigenous language. Nahuatl became a highly significant language in Mesoamerica.
Nahuatl Writing
The writing of Nahuatl was made up of glyphs, or small pictures instead of letters. It was an ideographic and pictographic writing system. This means that each glyph symbolizes an idea