Isthmus Nahuatl

Isthmus Nahuatl
Isthmus Nahuatl
melaꞌtájto̱l
Native to	Mexico
Region	Veracruz, Tabasco
Native speakers	(39,000 cited 1990–2000)
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Aztecan (Nahuan) Nahuatl Eastern Peripheral Nahuatl Isthmus Nahuatl; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; nhk – Cosoleacaque; nhx – Mecayapan; nhp – Pajapan
Glottolog	isth1245

Isthmus Nahuatl (Isthmus Nahuat; native name: melaꞌtájto̱l) is a Nahuatl dialect cluster spoken by about 30,000 people in Veracruz, Mexico. According to Ethnologue 16, the Cosoleacaque dialect is 84% intelligible with Pajapan, and 83% intelligible with Mecayapan.

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