An ancient language centered in the Valley of Mexico. The language of the Aztec at the time of the Spanish conquest. It became the common language of Mesoamerica and is still spoken today.

a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico

the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl people

A group of Mexican and Central American Indian tribes, including the Aztecs.

(Nahuatl) The language spoken by the Nahua, an ethnic group from Central Mexico whose pre-Hispanic empire, the Aztec empire, was defeated by the Spanish in 1521. The language, whose name means "clear speech," is spoken today in some towns in Mexico.

language of the Azteca

wät l] Language spoken by the Toltecs and Aztecs. (p. 210)