They will be rejected even when they are correct. Indigenous languages Nahuatl is part of the Uto Azteca language family, one of the largest language families in the Americas spanning the Western United States and Mexico. On the other hand, Classical Nahuatl arranges ideas in ways that I never encountered before, and leaves me with a satisfying if superficial feeling of deeper understanding of human thought than I had before I took up studying it. Nahuatl speakers are first believed to have reached the Central Mexican highlands sometime around 400/500 CE, but they came in several waves and settled among different groups such as Otomangean and Tarascan speakers. WebOnline Nahuatl Dictionary, Stephanie Wood, ed. Technical Stuff: Long Vowels. My family is from a small pueblo in the south of Mexico, said Contreras, a masters student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Technical Stuff: Examples. It is still spoken today by approximately 1.5 million people, or 1.7% of the total population of Mexico, many of whom call their language Mexicano (Meh-shee-KAH-noh). One word of caution: chiles can add the right amount of kick to any dish, but just be sure not to touch your eyes after chopping them!