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Náhuatl
Nāhuatlahtōlli
A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahua peoples. The language of the Mexica empire, with a rich written tradition.
Uto-Azteca · 1.7M speakers
3638 entries
Otomí (Hñähñu)
Hñähñu
A tonal Otomanguean language spoken in central Mexico. Its endonym, Hñähñu, means 'those who speak Otomí'.
Otomangue · 299K speakers
1528 entries
Purépecha (P'urhépecha)
P'urhépecha
A language isolate with no proven relationship to other languages, spoken in the Tarascan highlands of Michoacán.
Aislada · 142K speakers
1263 entries
Maya yucateco
Maaya tʼaan
A Mayan language spoken across the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize; a direct heir to the written tradition of the ancient Maya.
Maya · 775K speakers
4085 entries
Mixteco
Tuʼun savi
A cluster of Otomanguean varieties of the Mixteca region; its endonym means ‘the word of the rain’.
Otomangue · 527K speakers
1055 entries
Zapoteco
Diidxazá
A family of Otomanguean languages of Oaxaca, with a long Zapotec epigraphic tradition.
Otomangue · 491K speakers
2309 entries
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Tseltal
Batsʼil kʼop
Tsotsil
Batsʼi kʼop
Kʼicheʼ
Kʼicheʼ
Qʼeqchiʼ
Qʼeqchiʼ
Quechua
Runa Simi
Aymara
Aymar aru
Guaraní
Avañeʼẽ
Mapudungun
Mapudungun
Cree de las llanuras
Nēhiyawēwin
Inuktitut
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
Ojibwe (Anishinaabemowin)
Anishinaabemowin
Navajo
Diné bizaad
Cherokee
ᏣᎳᎩ (Tsalagi)
Lakota
Lakȟótiyapi
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