Isthmus Nahuatl (Isthmus Nahuat; native name : melaꞌtájto̱l ) is a Nahuatl dialect cluster spoken by about 30,000 people in Veracruz , Mexico . According to Ethnologue 16, the Cosoleacaque dialect is 84% intelligible with Pajapan, and 83% intelligible with Mecayapan.
3-420: It is spoken in the following Veracruzan communities: The following description is that of Mecayapan dialect. H is used at the beginnings of words before u , and has no value of its own. C is used to represent /k/ before the vowels a and o , while qu is used before i and e . A macron under the letter ( a̱ , e̱ , i̱ , o̱ ) is used to mark long vowels. Stress on the second-last syllable of
6-465: A word that does not end in l or r , and stress on the last syllable of a word that does end in l or r , is unmarked. All other stress patterns are marked with an acute accent on the stressed vowel ( á , é , í , ó ). The letters f , k , v and z occur only in loanwords . This variety of Nahuatl has developed a distinction between inclusive and exclusive "we", which Classical Nahuatl and other modern forms of Nahuatl lack. The exclusive form
9-638: Is regularly derived from the first person singular ("I"), while the inclusive continues the suppletive first person plural of Classical Nahuatl. Mecayapan Mecayapan is a municipality and city in the Mexican state of Veracruz . It is located in the south-east zone of the State, about 428 km from the state capital Xalapa . It has a surface of 523.96 km2. It is located at 18°13′N 94°50′W / 18.217°N 94.833°W / 18.217; -94.833 . The municipality of Mecayapan
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