Parrot Time - Basic Guide to Nahuatl

Nahuatl is one of the most widely-spoken indigenous languages of the Americas. It is spoken in central Mexio by approximately 1.5 million speakers and belongs to the Aztecan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.

It served as the Aztecs principal language and was once partially written with pictographs. Today the Mexican government recognizes 30 distinct and sometimes mutually intelligible varieties of Nahuatl.

Hello	Pialli
Good morning	Cualli tlanecic
Good afternoon	Cualli teotlac
Good evening	Cualli tiotaqui
Good night	Cualli yohualli
How are you?	¿Quen tinemi?
Welcome	Ximopanōltih
Have a nice day	Ma cualli tōnalli
Goodbye	Ye niauh
See you later	Totazkeh
Excuse me	Moixpantzinco
What is your name?	Tlen mo tokatsin?
Do you speak English?	Nitetlahtoa?
Please	Nimitztlatlauhtia
Thank You	Tlazocamati
Yes	Quema
No	Amo
Nice to meet you	Nechpactia nimitzixmati
I love you	Nimitztlazohtla
I understand	Nitlacaqui
I don't understand	Ahmo nitlacaqui
I don't know	Ahmo nicmati
Please speak more slowly	Ma yōlīc xitlato
Please say that again	Ma occepa xitlato

Basic Guide to Nahuatl

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Erik Zidowecki

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Petey: People; Building

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	An Indigenous Year
	13 Fascinating Facts about Marshallese
	A History of the Language of the Roma
	Interesting Facts About Vurës - An Indigenous Language of Vanuatu
	In Focus - Indigenous Faces
	The Indigenous Languages of the UK
	In Others' Words - Emily McEwan
	At the Cinema - Moana
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	Basic Guide to Nahuatl
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