Words in Revolution: How the Nahuas Disappeared from the State of Morelos and from the Historiography of the Mexican Revolution

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Abstract

Today, the Nahuatl language is spoken in only a handful of towns in the Mexican state of Morelos by a population of some 15,000–20,000 people.¹ We know that at the arrival of the Spanish invaders in 1519, Nahuatl was the primary language spoken in the Morelos valley, which was probably inhabited by some 600,000–800,000 people (Smith 1994). But we do not really know much about the process that led to the disappearance of the Nahuatl language in Morelos. Accounts of the history of Indigenous culture and language in Mexico have tended to assume a slow and gradual process...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Nahua : Language and Culture from the Sixteenth Century to the Present
EditorsGalen Brokaw, Pablo Garcia Loaeza
Number of pages17
PublisherUniversity Press of Colorado
Publication date2024
Pages115-132
Chapter5
ISBN (Print)9781646425778
ISBN (Electronic)9781646425792
Publication statusPublished - 2024
SeriesIMS Culture and Society

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