Im proud to be Mexican, Im honored to speak 3 languages (English,Spanish, and Náhuatl). My parents are from the state of Guerrero and Náhuatl is mostly spoken by the Elderly people such as my grandmother. Knowing my parents taught my brothers and myself how to speak their Native Language is pretty sweet. Not many people know the Náhuatl language and its always brings a smile to my face when someone is interested in knowing more about it.
Can you help me?? I was given the middle name Cuitlahuac. And now that I am growing older, I want to embrace the Aztec culture and heritage that is in my name. I’ve have done little research on my name and the Aztecs and Náhuatl, but have a ton of research left to do. I wish to get my name (Cuitláhuac) tattooed but I would like it to say “my name is Cuitláhuac” in the Náhuatl language. According to the little research I have done, it would be said “Nehua Notōcā Cuitláhuac” I am not 100% sure this is correct which is why I am looking for someone with the proper experience and knowledge to help me with this.
@@techno4life98 Hi Jonathan, I can help you. I also speak Nahuatl and I can give you a list of books to help you learn the language. As long as you speak Spanish, you can learn this? Clayton, M. (1989). A Trilingual Spanish-Latin-Nahuatl Manuscript Dictionary; Hill, J., & Hill, K. (1980). Mixed Grammar, Purist Grammar, and Language Attitudes in Modern Nahuatl. ; www.mexico.sil.org/publications/i-lingpub#FamiNahuatl Happy studying!
+Niggah Turtle Mexico came together as mix Spanish and Aztec. If their was no "spaniards" their be no Mexico. Learn history. Aztecs didn't even consider them selfs Mexicans and hated those who mixed
I don't know what the fuck these guys are talking about, all I know is that my Mexico was created equally by the Spanish and indigenous together. Stop being racist. All of Latin America has Native, European, African, and Asian heritage. That's what makes our culture so diverse.
Stewie Griffin The thing about being Mexican is that your heritage involves a dominant group of people killing off the native people where your ethnic group resides (what is defined as a "nation").
I thought spaniards killed all Aztecs and forced them to forget their former culture. So wonderful to see that they survived. I hope Mexico goes back to its roots
There are millions and thousands of old language speakers depending on how endangered the language is and natives aren't so often seen but many languages and tribes died and had no history to be remembered, others are isolated and have no writing system which is something bad as in if they go extinct no one will know they ever existed. I get my Aztec ancestry from my grandmother because of where she's from in Mexico and I would like to learn some of the original languages.
***** With the exception of Chistianity and spanish Languague(vulgar Latin), Mexicans still hold their traditions dear. In Spain, Romans and Arabs eliminated the native language and culture of the tribes, exception the Basque.
+Cultura Ancestral Nicaragüense maybe but since you are Nica like I am, we could have spoken any of the other languages spoken in pre-columbian Nicaragua. Nahuatl was spoken along with tongues like the Mismulpan languages or the Mangue langauge.
I'm so grateful for you!! I've been searching for so long to learn more about my blood and my heritage and now I can start learning the native language of my people. My ancestors are calling me to go back to the old ways and teach it to my children. I am Mexcia and a mix of other Latin blood. You are very appreciated for the work that you're doing!! Keep up the good work! Much love to you! 👏💖
The /tl/ at the end of words has three voices that I've heard. The traditional, which is like forming the /t/ in Tomorrow, but instead of passing the air over the toungue we pass it around the sides, so like the lisp sound Sid the sloth has but more abrupt. The other forms are a /t/ like Taco or as the narrator uses it, a glotal stop. All correct, my sister and I use the traditional when we are serious or angry, which takes a more formal voice, and a mixture of both with no real pattern when joking around or talking more quickly.
Can you help me?? I was given the middle name Cuitlahuac. And now that I am growing older, I want to embrace the Aztec culture and heritage that is in my name. I’ve have done little research on my name and the Aztecs and Náhuatl, but have a ton of research left to do. I wish to get my name (Cuitláhuac) tattooed but I would like it to say “my name is Cuitláhuac” in the Náhuatl language. According to the little research I have done, it would be said “Nehua Notōcā Cuitláhuac” I am not 100% sure this is correct which is why I am looking for someone with the proper experience and knowledge to help me with this.
Thank you for sharing and recommending resources! This is not my heritage nor culture, but it is fascinating and I hope that these languages/cultures continue to flourish into the future.
I'm 'murican, but I want to say how grateful I am that someone is putting so much work into disseminating this beautiful language. I had no idea it was so widespread in the modern world, but it makes sense when you look at other proud cultures and peoples around the world who have survived foreign occupation. Ethiopia is still Ethiopian, Persia is still Persian, China is still Chinese, Greece is still Greek, etc. Identities are often covered, rather than lost. Every major center of early civilization has maintained some degree of cultural continuity, even through centuries of foreign occupation, and I trust and hope that Mexico will do the same. Good luck spreading Nahuatl!
There had been many languages in Greece before any greek language was ever spoken. Greeks migrated into the area. And from what I understand farsi isn't that widely spoken in Persia although I could be very wrong.
i am a settler and a linguistics student. i hope i can use what i am learning to help bolster the vitality of Nahuatl and the languages around me that are under threat. thank you for posting this.
Finally there’s more information I’ve been seeking about this language. Everyone seem to believe that Spanish should be my native tongue, but I say they’re wrong. Then they think since I’m in the US, that I think it’s English. I say no! But at the time I didn’t know the actual name for the language the indigenous population spoke prior to the Spanish invaders arrived. Thanks for this video. But the photos might not mean the same thing I see as to what it is called. Now here is the problem with reading the word to this language. I’ve watched other videos showing the actual spelling of the words as it was being pronounced, which is extremely helpful. Some of the letters from this language alphabet are unique, and I know I could use some clarification on those letters such as their name and specific pronunciation of it. This way I’m able to read it and know how it needs to be pronounced correctly, as you’ve mentioned regarding certain words and the common way it has been spoken vs how you say the Nahuatl linguist says it should be spoken. And because of your pronunciation I’m figuring it out much quicker making easier to learn the language. I watch various videos on this topic, because each one of you offer something different that the other person does not.
So helpful! Thanks so much, Hermano Ome Coatl. Taking Nahuatl at a university right now. I also loved what you said about the tragedy of the ongoing cultural genocide that threatens. A step that could be taken is to have Nahuatl language / Cultural Enrichment classes available in grade school for youth, as available electives. I hope that might happen. Gracias hermano, y el Dios bless!
I love this video and you're state of mind. It's refreshing to see other cultures imbrace their true identity. I am a black man with some native ancestry. it's a truly beautiful thing. thanks
Hi there, My name is Sid, i was born in england as my mexican mother was adopted by an irish family, learning these words is helping me reconnect with my heritage and everything you said at the end was beautiful and true, ill definitely be back
you mexicans need to learn and preserve this beautiful language. ever since I was very young i've always loved the mesoamerican and inca civilizations but I thought that their languages were extinct. greetings from Norway
Its sad. if you go on twitter you'd assume that most mexican, latinos would rather they just die off, like there is no point to their existence. Why do you think there are so many variants of nahuatl? Because the language has to be kept "underground" and so naturally new forms emerge
I'm a person from the Swedish North and our native shamans have been persecuted through history by Southern Europeans. Just imagine what a great world we would be in without the European imperialism, where our cultures could have grown and prospered on their own.
+Dahajda Disease killed the natives- not Spanish men with weapons. Jesus fuck. We still have a good population of native and native speakers, the issues is that their isolated, usually in small towns away from the cities, so foreigners need to travel far to learn the language. But you can easily go into these small towns and just talk to the natives. The only other issue is, people from outside these towns don't know this- because these towns are fucking small. Maybe a 3,000 population town if you're lucky- and most are 3-6 hours away from the nearest city.
lol no Saying that Spainards with weapons didn't kill natives is kind of an outright lie, wouldn't you say? Disease was a major factor, but people of the larger cities were definitely slain in the sieges.
@@zedernaga9174 You’re ignorant, the Spaniards left a long time ago but we still speak the language because our grandparents spoke it and so do our parents. The Spaniards left in the 1800s and the Spanish ruled Mexico for 300 years. And obviously most of Mexico still speaks Spanish for a reason, because it wasn’t that long ago and you can’t just unlearn a language and teach every single person in your country to know their language again. Colonization isn’t temporary but you can dig into your history as many Mexicans do, many Mexicans speak Nahuatl. Saying that “modern Mexicans killed the language” is stupid, The Spaniards are the one that taught our people Spanish, so your really think Mexico would be a Predominantly Spanish speaking country if our people had never been colonized?
Thank you for your teachings I knew some of the words already. AMO lo que soy y AMO a mi cultura, yo quiero mi identidad. Uno quiere crecer más en sabiduría cuando la verdad se rebela ante nuestros ojos y conocimiento.🌸✨💐💐 you and the ones that support Nahuatl are highly appreciative.
Do you think the way Nahuatl is pronounced today is strongly influenced by Spanish? I find it pretty interesting that they both have the second to last syllable stressed, for example.
There are several books that first come up on Amazon. The video recommends Lockhart’s “Nauhuatl As Written,” but what do you think of Launey/Mackay or Herrera’s dictionary or Garcia’s “Learn Nauhuatl”?
I appreciate this video... I have scratched the surface of the Athapaskan language of the Jicarillo Apache and it's similar to this in the pronunciation, I think the tl sound is a bit more fluid but I haven't studied enough really. . Any way thanks for insight into Nahuatl very nice video
Awesome! Thanks! See "Fifth Sun" by Camilla Townsend (Oxford Press, 2019 ). Remember the other 40-plus indigenous languages of what is now Mexico. Not all Mexicans have Nahua ancestry. ¡Viva la diversidad!
Why don't you pronounce the "l" at the end of Nahuatl? I've heard native people pronounce the "tl" sound and it basically is formed by letting air out the side of your cheeks while maintaining the "t" formation. It doesn't just stop at the "t" unless they are shortening it.
You are right. At least as far as to what is assumed Classic Nahuatl used to sound like, "tl" is an affricate, meaning it's a single phoneme pronounced just the way you described (J. Richard Andrews, 2003). I don't know where the maker of the video informed himself about the phonology. It seems to me, that he might have mixed it up with some dialect. I have visited his blog where he lists literature he's been using for his videos, but I didn't see anything specific about the language. Apparently he doesn't have a background in linguistics. I am in no way an expert on Nahuatl. I'm just a student of linguistics who happened to have done some reading on the language.
I wondered if he was referring to the Eastern Nahua languages (Veracruz, El Salvador - Pipil) where (I am Salvadoran and know enough Nawat) where the tl phoneme has been lost. Thus we have no tl in our Nawat (not Nahuatl like the government of El Salvador still writes it, though this is finally changing).
there are many different dialects of Nahuatl, some barely communicable with each other. The way my dad speaks it, he drops the l. I guess it depends on where you are located.
Im a white american and I find the nahuatl language fascinating. Ive currently been studying spanish for years and Id love to learn more about nahuatl.
Im so proud about my Aztec lenguage X q Yo si lo hablo ...mi primer idioma y luego el el Español y ahora hasta el Ingles...LOL Me encanta mi Nahuatl.. Ojala q sigan publicando Na tlahuel ni camati ni tlachilis tlen I muati inki tlalilla pa ni youtube
The sooner we understand we are one people, one energy, the sooner all this infighting and hatred will stop. This language is so beautiful and anyone should be encouraged to step outside their biases and tear down the walls in which society is creating. To come together and learn about eachother and learn new languages and history. Its starts with us and our light and love moves outward into the universe. Thank you for this educating video🙏❤
Iam from africa "egypt" and i like you vedio and your culter and language gays long live nica tlaka pepole of america and you can make a new age of united of north and south american pepole and talk you native languages without ues the eroupan languages love you gays❤
Some of the pictures need English translations subtitled as they are not clearly recognizable... Such as tenotichtlan... Is that city? Or village? Or like the pictures of day/night were those referring to the sun/moon or day/night? Etc. thx again best Nahuatl video up still almost 10 years later. Shame its now buried under less informative uploads
im proud to be mexican and well i want to learn more about my roots bcus the only ones who know to speak nahuatl are my grandparents and well i want to learn it myself bcus i want to someday go back to mexico to see my grandparents... i used to be a volunteer aztec dancer at 8 wen i went to mexico one summer...
Hey, I've been working on a book, and have been playing with having Nahuatl be the language extraplanar beings, like both angels and demons, speak. Do you know where I could find good resources on Nahuatl names?
Such a beautiful language! It sounds so natural, and the pronunciation is easy. I don't know why, but it sounds similar to my language (Czech). I have no chance of getting to Mexico (not enough money) :-( Such a pity I can't learn this language...
@@lupitaladechicagovlogs980 It's related to them. It's similar to Polish and quite similar to Russian, but it's been heavily influenced by German, and the sound of it is different. It's sort of harder, monotonous and staccato. So, Polish and Russian words are quite similar to Czech words but we often don't understand when a Pole or a Russian says them because they pronounce them so differently. And there are a lot of funny false friends between Polish, Czech and Russian. For example, the Russian sentence "Remember this PIN" sounds like "Forget this PIN" to a Czech person :-)
I'm pretty sure the "tl" is pronounced as a "t" and then an unvoiced lateral consonant, like an "l" but without voicing, as if it were whispered. It's still pronounced
Yo tengo el curso de Nahuatl en DVDs y libros, del professor Eudocia. Se llama Hablemos Nahuatl tika matikah Nahuatl. Tiene un librito con expresiones comunes. Aparte de eso te contesta tus preguntas casi inmediatamente por email.
Thx, can you do a video on simple conversations? "How are you? How's the weather? Are you ok? What's for dinner?" And things like that? I'm still trying to learn
Actually, I thought the "tl" sounded more like "tklh" sound, not "t[a]la". You touch your inner front teeth with your tongue while your tongue also lightly touches the roof of your mouth (soft t sound). When you hold this position, you also make a soft k noise from the back of your tongue touching the roof of your mouth. When you do, air will come out from both sides of your tongue. This is the best way I can describe how to make the tl sound.
Im not at all ethnically connected to this language but this is a really interesting video thank you for posting. The art in cultures of middle and south America are some of the most enrapturing. I honestly wish they went more in depth in schools, we just barely learned about the actual culture, more time was spent on its destruction.... Its a shame more people don't want to speak this out of fear. Why is it that the culture has such a bad rap?
I was told I was native american growing up. After dna testing I learned that my ancestors where below me the entire time in Mexico. I have both pure tribal blood as what large percent I do does not deviate. I also proudly an host to Iberian and irish blood. I look native as I grow older it becomes more apparent and I'm proud to be as much as I am for it is no small percentage but estimated to be 1/3 to 1/2
actually in Classical Nahuatl it was pronounced tl at the end of the word too. except you're doing the wrong l sound. it's the sound in the Welsh "ll".
Trying to learn my beautiful, dying language. What I find interesting is that my dad is from Guerrero so his ancestors were the Aztecs and my mom is from Michoacan which is were some of the Tarascans were, enemies of the Aztecs. They constantly argue but don't plan on getting a divorce anytime soon. 😂😂
Im proud to be Mexican, Im honored to speak 3 languages (English,Spanish, and Náhuatl).
My parents are from the state of Guerrero and Náhuatl is mostly spoken by the Elderly people such as my grandmother. Knowing my parents taught my brothers and myself how to speak their Native Language is pretty sweet. Not many people know the Náhuatl language and its always brings a smile to my face when someone is interested in knowing more about it.
Can you help me?? I was given the middle name Cuitlahuac. And now that I am growing older, I want to embrace the Aztec culture and heritage that is in my name. I’ve have done little research on my name and the Aztecs and Náhuatl, but have a ton of research left to do. I wish to get my name (Cuitláhuac) tattooed but I would like it to say “my name is Cuitláhuac” in the Náhuatl language. According to the little research I have done, it would be said “Nehua Notōcā Cuitláhuac” I am not 100% sure this is correct which is why I am looking for someone with the proper experience and knowledge to help me with this.
@ Gabriela pereyda, that's awesome, I'm teaching myself...
Share your knowledge! You should make flash cards on quizlet or even a RUclips channel.
Gabriela Pereyda do you know how to say Guerrero in that language?
@@techno4life98 Hi Jonathan, I can help you. I also speak Nahuatl and I can give you a list of books to help you learn the language. As long as you speak Spanish, you can learn this? Clayton, M. (1989). A Trilingual Spanish-Latin-Nahuatl Manuscript Dictionary; Hill, J., & Hill, K. (1980). Mixed Grammar, Purist Grammar, and Language Attitudes in Modern Nahuatl. ; www.mexico.sil.org/publications/i-lingpub#FamiNahuatl Happy studying!
Nahuatl should be taught in Mexican schools.
+Niggah Turtle Mexico came together as mix Spanish and Aztec. If their was no "spaniards" their be no Mexico. Learn history. Aztecs didn't even consider them selfs Mexicans and hated those who mixed
+Stewie Griffin This comment has so much wrong with it.
I don't know what the fuck these guys are talking about, all I know is that my Mexico was created equally by the Spanish and indigenous together. Stop being racist. All of Latin America has Native, European, African, and Asian heritage. That's what makes our culture so diverse.
Stewie Griffin The thing about being Mexican is that your heritage involves a dominant group of people killing off the native people where your ethnic group resides (what is defined as a "nation").
+Switzerland if the indigenous cultures are "completely useless", why were you watching this video?
I thought spaniards killed all Aztecs and forced them to forget their former culture. So wonderful to see that they survived. I hope Mexico goes back to its roots
as a civilization they are gone but the indigenous groups still exist, although christianized. there are around 200 dialects spoken in mexico
Though so too until my mom told me her grandma was an Aztec and married a spaniard
There are millions and thousands of old language speakers depending on how endangered the language is and natives aren't so often seen but many languages and tribes died and had no history to be remembered, others are isolated and have no writing system which is something bad as in if they go extinct no one will know they ever existed. I get my Aztec ancestry from my grandmother because of where she's from in Mexico and I would like to learn some of the original languages.
***** With the exception of Chistianity and spanish Languague(vulgar Latin), Mexicans still hold their traditions dear. In Spain, Romans and Arabs eliminated the native language and culture of the tribes, exception the Basque.
Muhamed Husic - Ibrukic how can you kill everyone and then force you culture on them. If yo kill them ALL there is noone
.This is not my heritage but I am fascinated by the history and culture of Precolonial America.
.Thank you for creating this video
My great grandfather was indigenous, the rest of my family doesn’t really care for Nahuatl, but for some reason I feel a connection with it.
I too feel the same way. nahuatl should be our first language no Spanish or English
being born into this century.
+Gio Martinez I'm sorry your people lost a major cultural war.
Baldemar Hernandez F me? what did I do?
smh i wish i spoke nahuatl not spanish
+Cultura Ancestral Nicaragüense maybe but since you are Nica like I am, we could have spoken any of the other languages spoken in pre-columbian Nicaragua. Nahuatl was spoken along with tongues like the Mismulpan languages or the Mangue langauge.
How are you so sure they were Nahua and not Chorotega or Matagalpa?
Cool, I wish I knew. For all I know I'm mixed with everything.
nope
Thank you for these pictures you are the best! I had to download them. What book is this from?
I learnt Spanish in Mexico and lived there for 3 years, and would absolutely love to learn that beautiful language.
This was very encouraging to watch; the narrator explained so well of how every word was broken down to pronounce.
I'm so grateful for you!! I've been searching for so long to learn more about my blood and my heritage and now I can start learning the native language of my people. My ancestors are calling me to go back to the old ways and teach it to my children. I am Mexcia and a mix of other Latin blood. You are very appreciated for the work that you're doing!! Keep up the good work! Much love to you! 👏💖
The /tl/ at the end of words has three voices that I've heard. The traditional, which is like forming the /t/ in Tomorrow, but instead of passing the air over the toungue we pass it around the sides, so like the lisp sound Sid the sloth has but more abrupt. The other forms are a /t/ like Taco or as the narrator uses it, a glotal stop. All correct, my sister and I use the traditional when we are serious or angry, which takes a more formal voice, and a mixture of both with no real pattern when joking around or talking more quickly.
Can you help me?? I was given the middle name Cuitlahuac. And now that I am growing older, I want to embrace the Aztec culture and heritage that is in my name. I’ve have done little research on my name and the Aztecs and Náhuatl, but have a ton of research left to do. I wish to get my name (Cuitláhuac) tattooed but I would like it to say “my name is Cuitláhuac” in the Náhuatl language. According to the little research I have done, it would be said “Nehua Notōcā Cuitláhuac” I am not 100% sure this is correct which is why I am looking for someone with the proper experience and knowledge to help me with this.
@@techno4life98 Cuitlahuac should be pronounced [kwit͡ɬawak]
i think you mean [t͡ɬ]
Thank you for sharing and recommending resources! This is not my heritage nor culture, but it is fascinating and I hope that these languages/cultures continue to flourish into the future.
I'm 'murican, but I want to say how grateful I am that someone is putting so much work into disseminating this beautiful language. I had no idea it was so widespread in the modern world, but it makes sense when you look at other proud cultures and peoples around the world who have survived foreign occupation. Ethiopia is still Ethiopian, Persia is still Persian, China is still Chinese, Greece is still Greek, etc. Identities are often covered, rather than lost.
Every major center of early civilization has maintained some degree of cultural continuity, even through centuries of foreign occupation, and I trust and hope that Mexico will do the same. Good luck spreading Nahuatl!
There had been many languages in Greece before any greek language was ever spoken. Greeks migrated into the area. And from what I understand farsi isn't that widely spoken in Persia although I could be very wrong.
i am a settler and a linguistics student. i hope i can use what i am learning to help bolster the vitality of Nahuatl and the languages around me that are under threat. thank you for posting this.
proud to be meshika
Mexica*
Finally there’s more information I’ve been seeking about this language. Everyone seem to believe that Spanish should be my native tongue, but I say they’re wrong. Then they think since I’m in the US, that I think it’s English. I say no! But at the time I didn’t know the actual name for the language the indigenous population spoke prior to the Spanish invaders arrived. Thanks for this video. But the photos might not mean the same thing I see as to what it is called. Now here is the problem with reading the word to this language. I’ve watched other videos showing the actual spelling of the words as it was being pronounced, which is extremely helpful. Some of the letters from this language alphabet are unique, and I know I could use some clarification on those letters such as their name and specific pronunciation of it. This way I’m able to read it and know how it needs to be pronounced correctly, as you’ve mentioned regarding certain words and the common way it has been spoken vs how you say the Nahuatl linguist says it should be spoken. And because of your pronunciation I’m figuring it out much quicker making easier to learn the language. I watch various videos on this topic, because each one of you offer something different that the other person does not.
So helpful! Thanks so much, Hermano Ome Coatl. Taking Nahuatl at a university right now. I also loved what you said about the tragedy of the ongoing cultural genocide that threatens. A step that could be taken is to have Nahuatl language / Cultural Enrichment classes available in grade school for youth, as available electives. I hope that might happen. Gracias hermano, y el Dios bless!
What an interesting and awesome sounding language. Love the words.......
I love this video and you're state of mind. It's refreshing to see other cultures imbrace their true identity. I am a black man with some native ancestry. it's a truly beautiful thing. thanks
Hi there, My name is Sid, i was born in england as my mexican mother was adopted by an irish family, learning these words is helping me reconnect with my heritage and everything you said at the end was beautiful and true, ill definitely be back
Tlazocamahti for this video and for telling me some books!!!
I cannot thank you enough! This is a wonderful gift that I hope blossoms and spreads. Again, thank you so much!
you mexicans need to learn and preserve this beautiful language. ever since I was very young i've always loved the mesoamerican and inca civilizations but I thought that their languages were extinct. greetings from Norway
I agree, Im Mexican American and I really wanna learn this language
Its sad. if you go on twitter you'd assume that most mexican, latinos would rather they just die off, like there is no point to their existence. Why do you think there are so many variants of nahuatl? Because the language has to be kept "underground" and so naturally new forms emerge
It saddens me that it's usually foreigners who take interests in these topics and not the Mexicans themselves.
+kulera I'm mexican american...
Im Aztec.
I'm Mexican. I'm trying to learn it. I speak Spanish and English.
Most people who know this is Mexicans idk what your talking about most of the population speaks
+kulera Im mexican but born and raised in england due to my mother being adopted, am i a foreigner or a mexican ?
Thank you so much for this video! My great grandparents spoke Nahuatl and came from Coztlacan so its nice to learn about this.
I'm a person from the Swedish North and our native shamans have been persecuted through history by Southern Europeans. Just imagine what a great world we would be in without the European imperialism, where our cultures could have grown and prospered on their own.
+Dahajda Disease killed the natives- not Spanish men with weapons. Jesus fuck. We still have a good population of native and native speakers, the issues is that their isolated, usually in small towns away from the cities, so foreigners need to travel far to learn the language. But you can easily go into these small towns and just talk to the natives. The only other issue is, people from outside these towns don't know this- because these towns are fucking small. Maybe a 3,000 population town if you're lucky- and most are 3-6 hours away from the nearest city.
lol no Saying that Spainards with weapons didn't kill natives is kind of an outright lie, wouldn't you say? Disease was a major factor, but people of the larger cities were definitely slain in the sieges.
paganism shall die it is evil
Was Spain who attacked the Aztecs
I wish I speak fluent nahuatl instead of English or Spanish those Spanish and Europeans killed our beliefs and haratage
La Catrina The spanish have left already, it is modern mexicans that kill these languages nowadays.
im glad they killed your beliefs but not your language.
@@servantofaeie1569 fuck u
@@zedernaga9174 You’re ignorant, the Spaniards left a long time ago but we still speak the language because our grandparents spoke it and so do our parents. The Spaniards left in the 1800s and the Spanish ruled Mexico for 300 years. And obviously most of Mexico still speaks Spanish for a reason, because it wasn’t that long ago and you can’t just unlearn a language and teach every single person in your country to know their language again. Colonization isn’t temporary but you can dig into your history as many Mexicans do, many Mexicans speak Nahuatl. Saying that “modern Mexicans killed the language” is stupid, The Spaniards are the one that taught our people Spanish, so your really think Mexico would be a Predominantly Spanish speaking country if our people had never been colonized?
Learning my heritage brought me here, and my love of languages
The -tl is NOT silent when it is a suffix. The sound is the voiceless version of the voiced tl.
And it's not the tl in "Atlantic", it's a single consonant
Thank you for your teachings I knew some of the words already. AMO lo que soy y AMO a mi cultura, yo quiero mi identidad. Uno quiere crecer más en sabiduría cuando la verdad se rebela ante nuestros ojos y conocimiento.🌸✨💐💐 you and the ones that support Nahuatl are highly appreciative.
Do you think the way Nahuatl is pronounced today is strongly influenced by Spanish? I find it pretty interesting that they both have the second to last syllable stressed, for example.
I started learning Nahuatl and about our world renownbetterancestors can be proud of.
You are the first person I've heard say Aztec is really Mexica. However, I haven't been studying long. Thank you.
This video spoke to my soul. I am currently on a journey learning more about the beauty of my culture. Thank you so much, I will be learning Nahuatl
Thanks for sharing this information. I hope to be able to repeat that in Nahuatl soon.
Thank you for this video. Fascinating!
Um, the “-tl” is not pronounced “tluh” it’s a “-kl” sound made by tapping the back of your tongue on your palate.
no it is not! there is ABSOLUTELY NO VELAR involved. [t͡ɬ]. purely alveolar.
There are several books that first come up on Amazon. The video recommends Lockhart’s “Nauhuatl As Written,” but what do you think of Launey/Mackay or Herrera’s dictionary or Garcia’s “Learn Nauhuatl”?
I appreciate this video... I have scratched the surface of the Athapaskan language of the Jicarillo Apache and it's similar to this in the pronunciation, I think the tl sound is a bit more fluid but I haven't studied enough really.
. Any way thanks for insight into Nahuatl very nice video
Awesome! Thanks! See "Fifth Sun" by Camilla Townsend (Oxford Press, 2019 ). Remember the other 40-plus indigenous languages of what is now Mexico. Not all Mexicans have Nahua ancestry. ¡Viva la diversidad!
Why don't you pronounce the "l" at the end of Nahuatl? I've heard native people pronounce the "tl" sound and it basically is formed by letting air out the side of your cheeks while maintaining the "t" formation. It doesn't just stop at the "t" unless they are shortening it.
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You are right. At least as far as to what is assumed Classic Nahuatl used to sound like, "tl" is an affricate, meaning it's a single phoneme pronounced just the way you described (J. Richard Andrews, 2003). I don't know where the maker of the video informed himself about the phonology. It seems to me, that he might have mixed it up with some dialect. I have visited his blog where he lists literature he's been using for his videos, but I didn't see anything specific about the language. Apparently he doesn't have a background in linguistics. I am in no way an expert on Nahuatl. I'm just a student of linguistics who happened to have done some reading on the language.
I wondered if he was referring to the Eastern Nahua languages (Veracruz, El Salvador - Pipil) where (I am Salvadoran and know enough Nawat) where the tl phoneme has been lost. Thus we have no tl in our Nawat (not Nahuatl like the government of El Salvador still writes it, though this is finally changing).
there are many different dialects of Nahuatl, some barely communicable with each other. The way my dad speaks it, he drops the l. I guess it depends on where you are located.
but, yes, his annunciation in the video bothers me a bit, so I wouldn't take this video as the godsend of annunciation.
Im a white american and I find the nahuatl language fascinating. Ive currently been studying spanish for years and Id love to learn more about nahuatl.
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Hi there! I referenced this video and your channel in my podcast episode titled "Urban Legends!". FYI
Thank you for this. I want to learn to reconnect with my Nahua Pipil side. I'm learning Japanese but I'll come back to this too
Atlantic doesn’t have the “tl” sound
Im so proud about my Aztec lenguage X q Yo si lo hablo ...mi primer idioma y luego el el Español y ahora hasta el Ingles...LOL Me encanta mi Nahuatl.. Ojala q sigan publicando Na tlahuel ni camati ni tlachilis tlen I muati inki tlalilla pa ni youtube
The sooner we understand we are one people, one energy, the sooner all this infighting and hatred will stop. This language is so beautiful and anyone should be encouraged to step outside their biases and tear down the walls in which society is creating. To come together and learn about eachother and learn new languages and history. Its starts with us and our light and love moves outward into the universe. Thank you for this educating video🙏❤
I love it! I hope you find time to make more videos!
Will you be doing more videos soon?
Iam from africa "egypt" and i like you vedio and your culter and language gays long live nica tlaka pepole of america and you can make a new age of united of north and south american pepole and talk you native languages without ues the eroupan languages love you gays❤
Even though Nahuatl was spoken in El Salvador and Guatemala, Mexicans usually think that they own the language and take all the credit.. No offense.
Some of the pictures need English translations subtitled as they are not clearly recognizable... Such as tenotichtlan... Is that city? Or village? Or like the pictures of day/night were those referring to the sun/moon or day/night? Etc. thx again best Nahuatl video up still almost 10 years later. Shame its now buried under less informative uploads
Words - Tlahtolli
Thanks - Tlazcomati
Teacher - Temochtiani
Girl - Ichpocatl
Son - Konetl
Good - Cualli
Yes - Kemah
No - Axcanah
Beans - Etl
Water - Atl
Snake - Coatl
Eagle - Cuauhtli
Heart - Yolotl
Love - Tlazotla
Brother - Icni
Thank you. This has been a very interesting and informative video!
im proud to be mexican and well i want to learn more about my roots bcus the only ones who know to speak nahuatl are my grandparents and well i want to learn it myself bcus i want to someday go back to mexico to see my grandparents... i used to be a volunteer aztec dancer at 8 wen i went to mexico one summer...
Hey, I've been working on a book, and have been playing with having Nahuatl be the language extraplanar beings, like both angels and demons, speak. Do you know where I could find good resources on Nahuatl names?
I wonder, if jaguar is ocelotl, what is ocelot in Nahuatl?
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Are there more Nahuatl lessons than this?
I'm eager to learn more but never seen more language videos.
Such a beautiful language! It sounds so natural, and the pronunciation is easy. I don't know why, but it sounds similar to my language (Czech). I have no chance of getting to Mexico (not enough money) :-( Such a pity I can't learn this language...
is Czech very similar to Polish or to Russian ? or both ?
@@lupitaladechicagovlogs980 It's related to them. It's similar to Polish and quite similar to Russian, but it's been heavily influenced by German, and the sound of it is different. It's sort of harder, monotonous and staccato. So, Polish and Russian words are quite similar to Czech words but we often don't understand when a Pole or a Russian says them because they pronounce them so differently.
And there are a lot of funny false friends between Polish, Czech and Russian. For example, the Russian sentence "Remember this PIN" sounds like "Forget this PIN" to a Czech person :-)
@@martaevabetakova483 Thank you for the explanation Eva
In nahuatl language there is no "r".
i am so excited to find you! thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing this.
I'm pretty sure the "tl" is pronounced as a "t" and then an unvoiced lateral consonant, like an "l" but without voicing, as if it were whispered. It's still pronounced
enzop177 tl is tl, not t ... you are right, the l is pronounced without voicing
This is the best video on tl Ive seen
Nicamati nimitotis ihuan nitlaoni.
I like dancing and drinking.
That sentence sounds good.
Tbh I didn't understand but I would want to learn about our native language, how can I start?
Can you do any Mayan?
good job that's a great video
I agree with this man. Im gonna learn my ancestors language.
dude, well done! 😊😊😊😊
Yo tengo el curso de Nahuatl en DVDs y libros, del professor Eudocia. Se llama Hablemos Nahuatl tika matikah Nahuatl. Tiene un librito con expresiones comunes. Aparte de eso te contesta tus preguntas casi inmediatamente por email.
I'm curious then, what would the correct pronounciation of axolotl be?
Is there a place in Los Angeles where I learn the language.
Google it
in LA you can definitely learn Spanish
So how would you pronounce Axiltia ?
Great video! Thank You!
So that lizard thing that people call aksolotl is actually pronounced asholot?
Hi all. Can anyone tell me how to pronounce 'Xico', the place, please? Sounds like it might come from Nahuatl?
tlazcomahati! what is the Nahuatl word for friend, mother, father, sister brother etc?
Friend = Nocneuh
Brother = Icni
Son = Conetl
Daughter = Ichpocatl
Thx, can you do a video on simple conversations? "How are you? How's the weather? Are you ok? What's for dinner?" And things like that? I'm still trying to learn
So when do you pronounce the 'L' at the end of words?
Actually, I thought the "tl" sounded more like "tklh" sound, not "t[a]la". You touch your inner front teeth with your tongue while your tongue also lightly touches the roof of your mouth (soft t sound). When you hold this position, you also make a soft k noise from the back of your tongue touching the roof of your mouth. When you do, air will come out from both sides of your tongue. This is the best way I can describe how to make the tl sound.
Laloweed correct. So it sort of sounds like the way Sid from Ice Age speaks. That little lisp thing or however you call it. When he says the t sound.
Im not at all ethnically connected to this language but this is a really interesting video thank you for posting. The art in cultures of middle and south America are some of the most enrapturing. I honestly wish they went more in depth in schools, we just barely learned about the actual culture, more time was spent on its destruction.... Its a shame more people don't want to speak this out of fear.
Why is it that the culture has such a bad rap?
You forgot to mention Nicanahuac which is modern day Nicaragua which was ruled by a Nahuatl chieftain of the Pipil branch.
I was told I was native american growing up. After dna testing I learned that my ancestors where below me the entire time in Mexico. I have both pure tribal blood as what large percent I do does not deviate. I also proudly an host to Iberian and irish blood. I look native as I grow older it becomes more apparent and I'm proud to be as much as I am for it is no small percentage but estimated to be 1/3 to 1/2
How is itzli pronounced. Eats-lee?
Can someone tell me were I can go to learn this language besides a video
Brandon Porras in zoquitlan puebla mexico
No aztecs=no tortillas
@Michael Jordan dumb fuck
Edwin Corona No Europeans, no corruption.
@Michael Jordan go back to Europe
Wrong tortilla came from the Mayans pozole and tequila came from the Aztecs
Does someone answer my question that the language itself, which offered in the film Apocalypto?
No . That's Maya
If X is the first letter is it pronounced like S?
I love this language!!!
Thank you ixpol very encouraging
I was told that nonantzin means my mother. But how do you pronounce that?
Okay thank you
my dear mother/my exalted mother to be exact ;) `pronunciation is nonAntsin (pressure on second vowel)
Our reverenced mother
Great Video I subbed!
Is there a word in Nahuatl
for "Monster" ???
Hernan Cortez !
That is so true of what you said at the end.
actually in Classical Nahuatl it was pronounced tl at the end of the word too. except you're doing the wrong l sound. it's the sound in the Welsh "ll".
Thank you
I want to learn this language...
i have a cat that i named xochitl . my grandparents were extremely fluent in nahuatl particularly my grandpa.
Trying to learn my beautiful, dying language. What I find interesting is that my dad is from Guerrero so his ancestors were the Aztecs and my mom is from Michoacan which is were some of the Tarascans were, enemies of the Aztecs. They constantly argue but don't plan on getting a divorce anytime soon. 😂😂
I love languages. This is easier to pronounce than French!
French is hard to pronounce
In El Salvador , they also speak nahuatl