Nahua people
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
|
Mexico Ahuachapan, Sonsonate, San Salvador, Santa Ana, |
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| Languages | |
| Nahuatl and Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic), traditional Aztec religion is still practiced also. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indigenous people of the Americas and Mestizo |
Mexico
Oaxaca, Morelos, Puebla, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Veracruz, Jalisco, Estado de México, Distrito Federal, Tlaxcala, Durango, San Luis Potosi and Guerrero
The Nahuas (/ˈnɑːwɑːz/) are a group of indigenous people of Mexico and El Salvador. Their language of Uto-Aztecan affiliation is called Nahuatl and consists of many more dialects and variants, a number of which are mutually unintelligible. About 1,500,000 Nahua speak Nahuatl and another 1,000,000 speak only Spanish. Less than 1,000 native speakers remain in El Salvador.
Evidence suggests the Nahua peoples originated in Aridoamerica, in regions of the present day northwestern Mexico. They split off from the other Uto-Aztecan speaking peoples and migrated into central Mexico around 500 CE. They settled in and around the Basin of Mexico and spread out to become the dominant people in central Mexico.
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