Nahuatlan

[ nah-waht-luhn ]

noun

1. Nahuatl in all its dialects, often taken as a group of languages, spoken in large areas of central Mexico and El Salvador and in various small, widely dispersed areas throughout southern Mexico and Central America.

adjective

1. of or relating to Nahuatl or Nahuatlan.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nahuatlan¹

First recorded in 1900–05; Nahuatl + -an

Example Sentences

For example, Buschmann has thrown the Shoshonean and Nahuatlan families into one.

From Project Gutenberg