Nāhuatlahtōlli (Nahuatl)

[motanz]

Nāhuatlahtōlli

Nahuatl /'nɔ^a.wat͡ɬ/ is an agglutinative, very respectful, and poetic language, spoken by 1.5 million people in Central Mexico and some parts of El Salvador and the U.S.A.

::Phonology::

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Plosive	p /p/	t /t/			c,qu /k/	cu,uc /kw/	h /ʔ/
Nasal	m /m/	n /n/			nc,nq /ŋ/
Tap/Flap		*r /ɾ/
Fricative	*f /ɸ/, *b /β/	c,z /s/	x /ʃ/			uh /ʍ/	h /h/
Affricate		tl /t͡ɬ/, tz /t͡s/	ch /t͡ʃ/
Approximant		l /l/		y /j/		hu /w/

* These letters are used only for loanwords

Vocals

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	ī /i:/
Near-close		i /ɪ/		ō /oʊ:/
Close-mid	ē /ɪe:/				o /o/
Open-mid		e /e/			ā /ɔa:/
Open			a /a/		a /ɑ/

Alphabet

So the alphabet for Nahuatl goes:

a ā p t c e ē h q i ī m n l o ō u x y z

Comparing to english...

• a :: spa
• ā :: board
• p :: pack
• t :: tick
• tl :: badly
• tz :: cats
• c :: cat, cell
• ch :: bleach
• cu, uc :: quit
• e :: bet
• ē :: play
• h :: uh-oh, house
• hu :: weep
• qu :: kiss
• i :: bit
• ī :: free
• m :: him
• n :: no
• nc, nq :: sing
• l :: let
• o :: come
• ō :: hook
• uh :: what
• x :: shoe
• y :: you
• z :: sand

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[邪悪歌]

awesome... I was hoping somebody would come along that knew a bit about this lang as it's always seemed pretty neat to me.  You should write some stuff for it on the wiki if you haven't already

[motanz]

I would love to, but don't know how to do it 

Can you/someone help me? 

[hashi]

I would love to, but don't know how to do it 

Can you/someone help me? 

You can read the Help:How_to^W page first. It might be a bit out of date or unclear, but if any further questions or issues arrive, let us know and we can help

It's great to see a speaker of a non mainstream language around here

[Mol_Bolom]

Cualli! (And that's about all I know, ).

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So you asked, and I'll answer, nicnequiz "more" (If I remember correctly, nicnequiz = I will want it, but I could be wrong.  Been a long time since I've looked at Nahuatl).

For the first Nahuatl question for you, , does -tzin/-tzintzin/-tzitzin get added to proper names as well as possessives? Such as Nonantzin.  Therefore, should we use Motanztzitzin when speaking directly to you, .

[motanz]

Cualli! (And that's about all I know, ).

So you asked, and I'll answer, nicnequiz "more" (If I remember correctly, nicnequiz = I will want it, but I could be wrong.  Been a long time since I've looked at Nahuatl).

For the first Nahuatl question for you, , does -tzin/-tzintzin/-tzitzin get added to proper names as well as possessives? Such as Nonantzin.  Therefore, should we use Motanztzitzin when speaking directly to you, .

Yeah... achi nicnequiz :: I will want more of it 

tzintzin :: relevant, important

The ending -tzin is used for reverentials and affection, depending on context. And it is used with proper names and possessives the same way.
-tzin for singular
-tzitzin for plural

tōnantzin :: our beloved/sacred mother
miztōntzitzin :: beloved/sacred cats

About my name, could be Motahtzin, but it would be "your beloved/sacred father" in English, so... as you prefer. Let's keep motanz.  

You can read the Help:How_to^W page first. It might be a bit out of date or unclear, but if any further questions or issues arrive, let us know and we can help

It's great to see a speaker of a non mainstream language around here

Thanks, it's very usefull, I'm creating the wiki page for Nāhuatlahtōlli now.  

Meanwhile, some vocabulary...

In Nacayotl :: The Body

• Cuaitl :: Head
• Tzontli :: Hair
• Īxtli :: Eye
• Nacaztli :: Ear
• Yacatl :: Nose
• Camaitl :: Mouth
• Tlantli :: Tooth
• Quechtli :: Neck
• Ahcolli :: Shoulder
• Māhcolli :: Arm
• Māitl :: Hand
• Mapilli :: Finger
• Ixtetl :: Belly
• Metztli :: Thigh
• Queztli :: Leg
• Xoitl :: Foot
• Xopilli :: Toe

In Tlapālli :: The Colors

• Iztāc :: White
• Cōztic :: Yellow
• Chīlcōztic :: Orange
• Chīltic :: Red
• Xōchipāltic :: Pink
• Camohpāltic :: Purple
• Texohtic :: Blue
• Xoxoctic :: Green
• Tlīltic :: Black
• Cōzamālōtl :: Rainbow

In Tōnatiuh Īchān :: The Solar System

• Tōnatiuh :: Sun
• Payīnalcītlalli :: Mercury
• Cītlalpōl :: Venus
• Tlālticpactli :: Earth
• Mētztli :: Moon
• Chīchīlcītlalli :: Mars
• Huēyitzitzimicītlalli :: Jupiter
• Tzitzimicītlalli :: Saturn
• Ilhuicateōcītlalli :: Uranus
• Tlāloccītlalli :: Neptune

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[邪悪歌]

I've found that one of the quickest and easiest ways to start working on the wiki is to just browse around and find a page with a layout similar to something you'd like to do then simply view the source for it and figure out what's going on with it, then you can use this as a rubric for your own pages 

[motanz]

Here is a song called Icnocuicatl by mexican singer Lila Downs.
The lyrics are from a poem of the same name, written by Natalio Hernández
Don't know how to insert youtube videos  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RHUhEP_cyY

Icnocuicatl
Moztla...
Queman nehuatl nionmīquiz,
Ahmo ca ma xīmocuezo;
Nicān...
Occēpa nicān nionhualaz,
Cualtzin huitzitzilin nimocuepaz.

Cihuātzin...
Queman ticonītaz tōnatiuh,
Ica mōyōllo xīonpaqui;
Ōmpa...
Ōmpa niyētoz huan totahtzin;
Cualtzin tlāhuīlli nimitzmacaz.

Song to the Orphanage
Tomorrow...
When I die,
I don't want you to be sad;
Here...
Here I'll return,
Turned into a hummingbird.

Woman...
When you look at the sun,
Smile with joy;
There...
I'll be there with Our Father;
I will send good light to you.

[motanz]

Here's an MP3 with the words from the list above, so you can hear the actual pronunciation (classical & central dialects).

I'm thinking about making some basic lessons in PDF with MP3s, what do you think?
I'll need some help with the PDFs, since I don't know how to create them. 

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[hashi]

Here's an MP3 with the words from the list above, so you can hear the actual pronunciation (classical & central dialects).

I'm thinking about making some basic lessons in PDF with MP3s, what do you think?
I'll need some help with the PDFs, since I don't know how to create them. 

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I'm liking it! It's sounds quite cool in my opinion. PDF's are easy enough to make. I don't know about Microsoft Office, but in OpenOffice it's as simple as going File > Export as PDF. If you want to, you can send me the .doc files when you're finished and I'll create the PDF's. But it's not hard

[Ketsuban]

hashi, in Word '07 and '10, you go Office logo -> Save as -> PDF or XPS.

[Johanna]

In if you have M$ Office 2003 or earlier you can install PDF Creator, then it's added as a printer, you just get a pdf instead of a sheet of paper.

[motanz]

Hey thanks everybody! 

I don't know if I should upload it by lessons, or the complete course when finished...
What do you think? 

[hashi]

Hey thanks everybody! 

I don't know if I should upload it by lessons, or the complete course when finished...
What do you think? 

Installments! D:

[motanz]

Installments! D:

What do you mean with that???