Sources
References used to verify the words, entries and phrases seeded for each language. Community contributions and AI-constructed words are marked separately in the app.
Náhuatl
Dictionary words & entries
- INALI — Norma de escritura de la lengua náhuatl
Modern (INALI/SEP) orthography followed by the canonical forms.
- Gran Diccionario Náhuatl (UNAM)
Academic reference dictionary (classical and modern).
- Karttunen — An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl
Classical variants and vowel length (with Andrews).
- Wiktionary — Uto-Aztecan Swadesh lists
Comparative basic-vocabulary list.
- Wiktionary (Náhuatl clásico) vía kaikki.org / wiktextract
Machine-readable extraction of English Wiktionary; ~1,000 entries imported with their definitions and IPA.
- Wiktionary — variantes náhuatl central, huasteca y de Tetelcingo (kaikki.org)
Modern varieties; ~2,150 additional entries (distinct forms, de-duplicated).
Common phrases
Otomí (Hñähñu)
Dictionary words & entries
- Wiktionary — Oto-Manguean Swadesh lists (Otomí de Hidalgo/Mezquital)
Verified Mezquital-valley Hñähñu forms (basic vocabulary).
- Hernández Cruz & Victoria Torquemada — Diccionario del Hñähñu (Otomí) del Valle del Mezquital (SIL)
Reference dictionary (~6,000 entries) used for cross-checking.
- INALI — Norma de escritura de la lengua hñähñu (otomí)
- SABOR — wordlist de lenguas mesoamericanas (List et al., lexibank/sabor, CLDF)
Academic Mezquital Otomí wordlist with phonemic segments (IPA); ~1,270 entries imported (Spanish loanwords excluded).
Purépecha (P'urhépecha)
Dictionary words & entries
- Maxwell Lathrop — Vocabulario del Idioma Purépecha (Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, 2.ª ed. 2007; orig. 1973)
Bilingual dictionary (Purépecha–Spanish and Spanish–Purépecha) in the modern practical orthography; ~1,258 entries.
- Chamoreau (2003) — Purépecha de Jarácuaro (Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México 25, El Colegio de México), vía Wiktionary
Verified word list used for cross-checking.
- Wiktionary — Purepecha Swadesh list
Maya yucateco
Dictionary words & entries
- Wiktionary (maya yucateco) vía kaikki.org / wiktextract
Machine-readable extraction of English Wiktionary; ~430 entries imported with their definitions and IPA.
- UQROO — Diccionario introductorio español–maya, maya–español
Academic dictionary; ~3,650 additional entries imported with their Spanish glosses (de-duplicated).
- INALI — Norma de escritura de la lengua maya
Common phrases
- INALI — Prontuario en maya / español (frases de cortesía)
Verified courtesy phrases (greetings, farewells) imported into the phrasebook.
Zapoteco
Dictionary words & entries
- Pickett et al. — Vocabulario zapoteco del Istmo (Español–zapoteco y zapoteco–español), SIL
Bilingual Isthmus Zapotec vocabulary (Juchitán); source of the imported entries with their Spanish glosses.
- INALI — Norma de escritura de la lengua zapoteca (diidxazá)
Common phrases
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Mixteco
Dictionary words & entries
- Beaty de Farris et al. — Diccionario básico del mixteco de Santiago Yosondúa (SIL)
Yosondúa Mixtec–Spanish dictionary; source of the imported entries with their Spanish glosses.
- INALI — Norma de escritura de la lengua tu'un savi (mixteco)
Common phrases
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