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nahuatl

noun (Nahuatl); adjective (Nahuatl)

«nahuatl» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Nahuatl is the language of the Aztecs, still spoken today by over a million people in Mexico. tree →

In the lessons

Met in history lessons about the Aztecs and in word lessons: English words like chocolate, tomato, avocado and chilli come from Nahuatl.

Examples

The Aztecs spoke Nahuatl. tree →
«Chocolate» comes from a Nahuatl word. tree →
About 1.5 million people in Mexico speak Nahuatl. tree →
«Tomatl» is the Nahuatl word for tomato. tree →
Nahuatl was written in pictures before the Spanish came. tree →
Some Mexican place names come from Nahuatl. tree →

Note

A name of a language, so capital N. Say «NAH-wah-tl». It is not an English word, but it gave English several words.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «nahuatl» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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