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   Nahuatl is a language spoken in central Mexico by the Nahua people and is descended from the original Aztec culture that existed before the Spanish invasion in the 1500's.  As such, there are now relatively few speakers of the language, and interestingly, there are dialects of it that are now mutually unintelligible. The standard version, or Classical Nahuatl, was the language of the Aztec Empire; the name "Nahuatl" itself means "clear sound" or "command."  The last link has a brief history of the Nahua and a short dictionary.

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   http://casademexico.com/nahuatl.html

   http://www.omniglot.com/writing/nahuatl.htm

   http://www.sil.org/mexico/Nahuatl/00i-nahuatl.htm

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   Posted by enotechris on Wednesday November 4, 2009 at 5:01 PM