nahTechnical information about ISO 639 language code nah
The table below provides technical details for the Nahuatl languages language, designated by the nah code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Nahuatl languages |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Classical NahuatlCentral NahuatlHuasteca NahuatlEastern NahuatlWestern Peripheral NahuatlIsthmus Nahuatl |
| Related languages | Pipil (Nawat)PochutecCoraHuicholTarahumara |
| Key facts | Many everyday English words like “chocolate”, “tomato” and “avocado” come from NahuatlThe earliest grammars written for any New World language were produced for Classical Nahuatl in the 16th centuryNahuatl verbs use polysynthetic morphology that can express a whole sentence in one wordNouns have an absolutive form when unpossessed and change form when possessedThe language marks social hierarchy with a system of honorific suffixes |
| Sample phrase | Niltze, quēn tica? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Nahuatl languages language, identified by the code nah, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.
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