Mexicanero language

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Mexicanero
Durango Nahuatl
Náhuat de Durango
Native to	Mexico
Region	South Durango, Nayarit
Native speakers	1,300 (2011)^[1]
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Aztecan (Nahuan) Nahuatl (dialects) Western Peripheral Nahuatl Colima–Durango Mexicanero
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `azd` – Eastern Durango Nahuatl `azn` – Western Durango Nahuatl
Glottolog	`dura1246`

Mexicanero is the Nahuan language spoken by the Mexicanero people of southern Durango and northern Nayarit. It has around 1000 speakers in the remote towns of San Pedro Jícora and San Juan Buenaventura in the Mezquital municipality, Durango, where they coexist with speakers of Low Southern Tepehuán, and some 300 speakers in the Acaponeta municipality of Nayarit. There are significant differences between the varieties of San Pedro Jícora on the one hand and San Agustín Buenaventura and Nayarit on the other. The language is vibrant and spoken by adults and children.^[2]

Mexicanero is one of the peripheral Nahuatl languages. It uses the -lo suffix to express plurality of subject. Due to the loss of certain syllables it has acquired phonemic stress.^[3]

References

^ Eastern Durango Nahuatl at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Western Durango Nahuatl at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Canger, Una. 1998. Náhuatl en Durango-Nayarit, in: IV Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste s. 129-149, Estrada, Fernández, Zarina et al. Editorial Unison, Hermosillo, Sonora
^ Canger, Una (2001). Mexicanero de la Sierra Madre Occidental. Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México, #24 (in Spanish). México D.F.: El Colegio de México. ISBN 968-12-1041-7. OCLC 49212643.

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Uto-Aztecan languages

Northern

Numic

Western	Northern Paiute (including Bannock) Mono
Central	Shoshoni (including Gosiute) Comanche Timbisha
Southern	Colorado River (Chemehuevi, Southern Paiute, Ute) Kawaiisu

Takic

Nicoleño?

Serran	Serrano Vanyume Kitanemuk Tataviam Tongva
Cupan	Cahuilla Cupeño Luiseño-Juaneño

Other

Southern

Tepiman

Pimic	Oʼodham Pima Bajo
Tepehuan	Northern Tepehuan Southern Tepehuan Tepecano

Tarahumaran

Huarijio
- Upriver Huarijio
- Downriver Huarijio
Tarahumara
Tubar

Opatan

Eudeve
Opata

Cahita

Yaqui
Mayo

Corachol

Aztecan

Nahuatl

Central	Classical Nahuatl Morelos Nahuatl Tetelcingo Nahuatl Tlaxcala–Puebla Nahuatl Central Puebla Nahuatl Guerrero Nahuatl Ometepec Nahuatl Coahuila Nahuatl
Huasteca	Huasteca Nahuatl
Western	Michoacán Nahuatl Coatepec Nahuatl Pochutec Temascaltepec Nahuatl Durango Nahuatl Cazcan?
Eastern	Sierra Puebla Nahuatl Tehuacan–Zongolica Nahuatl Orizaba Nahuatl Isthmus Nahuatl Tabasco Nahuatl Pipil
Other	Nahuatl language in the United States

History

Italics indicate extinct languages

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