It's because it's the ending used for most nouns. If the root noun ends in a consonant, it's '-tli', except if the consonant is l, than it combines into '-lli'
There are nearly 2 million people in Mexico speak Nahuatl language. In fact, for a period under Spanish rule, Nahuatl was declared an official language alongside with Spanish. Many official documents in Spanish Mexico were written in both Nahuatl and Spanish. Then in 1696, Charles II of Spain decreed that Spanish should be the only official language. Mexican Spanish language has many Nahuatl loanwords. Many towns, cities and even states in Mexico are in Nahuatl names instead of Spanish name. Even the name Mexico is actually Nahuatl though the spelling in Nahuatl is Mehxico. Nahuatl language still has strong influence in Mexico.
Perfect timing! I'm studying the Aztec culture, and I so badly want/need to learn at least the common phrases because I can't depend on just online dictionaries. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! You're doing the Gods' works!
Fun fact for all those interested: Since July 2024, Nahuatl has been added on google translate. (Specifically the oriental dialect, from the Gulf of Mexico region in Huasteca)
Hello Andy, could you possibly try to show some examples of the Mixteca-Puebla Hieroglyphs in their Central Mexican variant which was their native script, like writing the Glyphic counterpart to every word you post in the list and then among the full texts you could show hieroglyphic sentences such as those of the Telleriano-Remensis and Xolotl. You could find such information in the "Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs", an online resource, or in the book "Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs " from Gordon Whittaker. And have you thought about a Classical Ch'olti' video, and with glyphs. That would be cool!
The aztecs were considered enemies to other neighboring indigenous groups, which is the reason they were defeated so easily with the help of the Spanish, who wouldn't be able to defeat them because they weren't actually enough soldiers, so the Spanish allied with these indigenous people to attack the Aztecs
Yup and used that to enact authoritarian state policies upon their conquered subjects such as heavy taxes and other forms of subjugation; this does NOT, however, excuse the barbarity of Spanish imperialism against Nahuatl speakers and other Amerindians of Mexico. @Kalinggapura
The sad ending tho is even though they helped defeat the aztecs, in the end they were tossed aside and are considered just as backwards as the aztecs nowadays.
Sometimes I like to think, what would have happened if the relationship between the natives and spain was more peaceful? Like, yeah, the Aztec and the Inca were as colonial and authoritarian as Spain, but, what if instead of conquering both empires the Spanish tried to bring peace in the territory? America would be such a different continent
_« instead of conquering both empires the Spanish tried to bring peace in the territory »_ - Could you elaborate on your vision, please? It seems a little vague to me. Since _“bringing”_ implies intervening in their affairs anyway, what alternative _scenario_ are you envisioning? Because we’re speaking about 16th century cultures & societies at the end of the day, all parties had really exotic/different worldview compared to us now.
This was a poem that would've been spoken or even sung, probably with some background music. The drum is... a little crude here, but it makes sense given the context.
Traditionally the "h" is more of a glottal stop than an actual "h" sound It is different in modern Huaxtēcapan Nāhuatl though, so I know why this is usually spoken that way today
Many people speak it but to my knowledge it’s mostly the older generation that know more words, in the village where my grandparents live, the majority is the grandparents that speak it while a few younger speak it, Spanish is more dominant
Not at all. Spanish and Nahuatl are entirely unrelated languages. Spanish is part of Romance branch of the Indo-European language family. While Nahuatl is part of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Specifically part of the southern Aztecan branch. Spanish and Nahuatl are as different as English is to Mandarin Chinese. No relationship whatsoever.
Excelente cultura, aún cruel y guerrerosa. Sin duda, veo que en el futuro sin Españoles entonces conseguirían la Paz y Harmonía como pasó en nuestra civilización europea e aria en entero: desde el canibalismo hasta la Paz - sí disputada y no perfecta pero la Paz. Pero así es la vida que si eres más bajo en espirutualidad y más débil en progreso - pueden venir los conquistadores que borrarán tu código. Sin ofender - esto es parte de desarrollo. Mucho Ánimo a todos los Aztecas adecuados y os deseo que nunca escaecedes vuestros raíces antiguos❤.
No nos desees mas narcos bro. En parte por creerse los tlatoanis México esta en caos. México no es ni azteca, había más culturas y no eran ni siquiera nahuas la mayoría. México es hispano pero se esta olvidando aquí el ser civilizado. Arriba España la madre patria y viva México, nación hija de Cortéz
@SirJack-lr3vm pues sí! Es que tentaba de ser tolerante, y si no quieren digo la verdad: viva el México hispano e Cristiano, eso es base. Lo otro después. Por inicio el español, luego otros porque si daremos voluntad a los pueblos nativos ellos convertirán México a un plazón de batalla de todos contra todos - para demostración, esto pasa en todas las regiones de Latinoamérica dónde supera la población multicolor e no cristiana de esencia, sólo es así de envoltura: Ecuador, partes de Brasil - y eso es impresionante porque en los estados del sur la gente no sabe casí que es delincuencia y en el norte con población multicultural.. Un saludo!
im spanish and ur 100% right. People here unironically think they did a favour to the americas because they were uncivilised and we "gave them culture". Spanish patriotism is the worst thing on Earth, probably the reason why there are like 15 different independence movements and many people feel attached to their region and not their country (myself included) it's just such an awful history and the right wing is unironically proud of it
no hay nada peor del patriotismo francés. Ellos aniquilaron a Occitània y a otros países, y en España sólo tienen razón de ser distintos Galiza, Euskadi, Navarra, Catalunya y València, puede ser. La independencia de otros es una profanación y tontería, todos siempre eran españoles o ya lo son mucho tiempo. Los mencionados sí tienen derecho de ser libres. a@@unoreversecard1o1o1o
la cultura siberiana también está destruída por los conquistadores rusos - por ejemplo por Yermak qui era el reflejo oriental de Cortés y qué? Pues no volveremos nada atrás, hemos de cuidar lo que queda. Los americanos de hoy siempre dicen de nocividad de colonización pero al mismo tiempo colonizan la mitad del mundo conjunto a Bretaña: toda la Europa es colonia de USA y de gran Bretaña. De eso nadie dice nada. Pues esto es lo clásico de los i*quierdos: todos son malos pero ellos pueden imponer la culpa colectiva a los demás. Bravo. Viva cultura Europea, Aria, Azteca y cualquiera la demás❤
Wow the 'tl' sound is so common in so many words!
It's because it's the ending used for most nouns. If the root noun ends in a consonant, it's '-tli', except if the consonant is l, than it combines into '-lli'
There are nearly 2 million people in Mexico speak Nahuatl language. In fact, for a period under Spanish rule, Nahuatl was declared an official language alongside with Spanish. Many official documents in Spanish Mexico were written in both Nahuatl and Spanish. Then in 1696, Charles II of Spain decreed that Spanish should be the only official language. Mexican Spanish language has many Nahuatl loanwords. Many towns, cities and even states in Mexico are in Nahuatl names instead of Spanish name. Even the name Mexico is actually Nahuatl though the spelling in Nahuatl is Mehxico. Nahuatl language still has strong influence in Mexico.
Huitzillin for hummingbird is so beautiful nahuatl is just such a beautiful language man
I didn’t expect the drums😂 I like it though
Nahuatl is such a beautiful language
Perfect timing! I'm studying the Aztec culture, and I so badly want/need to learn at least the common phrases because I can't depend on just online dictionaries. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! You're doing the Gods' works!
I'm so glad it came at the perfect time! 😊
Beautiful language
Thank you, Andy, God bless you, I want this a long time ago, and I commented in much videos asking.
Im glad you were heard nice suggestion
Fun fact for all those interested: Since July 2024, Nahuatl has been added on google translate. (Specifically the oriental dialect, from the Gulf of Mexico region in Huasteca)
Hello Andy, could you possibly try to show some examples of the Mixteca-Puebla Hieroglyphs in their Central Mexican variant which was their native script, like writing the Glyphic counterpart to every word you post in the list and then among the full texts you could show hieroglyphic sentences such as those of the Telleriano-Remensis and Xolotl. You could find such information in the "Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs", an online resource, or in the book "Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs " from Gordon Whittaker. And have you thought about a Classical Ch'olti' video, and with glyphs. That would be cool!
Passed down to you by Cuahtemoc, Eagle Warrior of Tenochitlan.
YESS MORE CLASSICAL NAHUATL PLEASE 🎉
Thanks for resture the video❤
Nice deep dive.
I'm ready for the audio book 💪🏼🔥
But in any case, it was a great video!😀
The aztecs were considered enemies to other neighboring indigenous groups, which is the reason they were defeated so easily with the help of the Spanish, who wouldn't be able to defeat them because they weren't actually enough soldiers, so the Spanish allied with these indigenous people to attack the Aztecs
It because the Aztecs formed an empire?
Yup and used that to enact authoritarian state policies upon their conquered subjects such as heavy taxes and other forms of subjugation; this does NOT, however, excuse the barbarity of Spanish imperialism against Nahuatl speakers and other Amerindians of Mexico. @Kalinggapura
The people like victimize pre-hispanic empires.
@@alguient1298 No, but to merely give nuances to Eurocentric Ideology.
The sad ending tho is even though they helped defeat the aztecs, in the end they were tossed aside and are considered just as backwards as the aztecs nowadays.
很喜欢内萨约特瓦尔科约特尔的诗歌，Amor de China
Slapping "wood" intensely🤣💀🤣
Can u do yucatec Maya?
Sometimes I like to think, what would have happened if the relationship between the natives and spain was more peaceful? Like, yeah, the Aztec and the Inca were as colonial and authoritarian as Spain, but, what if instead of conquering both empires the Spanish tried to bring peace in the territory? America would be such a different continent
_« instead of conquering both empires the Spanish tried to bring peace in the territory »_ - Could you elaborate on your vision, please? It seems a little vague to me. Since _“bringing”_ implies intervening in their affairs anyway, what alternative _scenario_ are you envisioning? Because we’re speaking about 16th century cultures & societies at the end of the day, all parties had really exotic/different worldview compared to us now.
The 'Aztecs' also aimed to bring peace with their model of governance (the Zuyuan Regime)
Why does the sample text speaker drum whenever they finish reading every one line of the sample text?
Really would like to have this explained as well
This was a poem that would've been spoken or even sung, probably with some background music. The drum is... a little crude here, but it makes sense given the context.
Traditionally the "h" is more of a glottal stop than an actual "h" sound
It is different in modern Huaxtēcapan Nāhuatl though, so I know why this is usually spoken that way today
Ahora uno del Nahuatl actual :)
hay varias cada una diferentes y a veces no compresiblens entre si, pero el mas famoso es el de la huasteca oriental. esta ahora en google traductor
did the filipino tatay and nanay come from nahuatl tahtli and nantli?
Orizaba Nahuatl, please
I can't believe Old Nahuatl had used the "ç" letter like Portuguese & Turkish!! 😱
Spanish speakers in the 1500s/1600s still used “ç”. That’s why it also appears in the early Nahuatl transcriptions into the Latin alphabet.
Also, do they still speak Nahuatl in Mexico or Latin America?
Two million speakers
Many people speak it but to my knowledge it’s mostly the older generation that know more words, in the village where my grandparents live, the majority is the grandparents that speak it while a few younger speak it, Spanish is more dominant
is it nahuatl with a spanish accent or is it original nahualt accent?
It doesn't have any Spanish accent if you hear similarities it's because Nahuatl phonology influenced the Mexican Spanish accent
@@MarkMark-e8j very interesting thank you
@@MarkMark-e8jit was influenced by the accent of the spanish accent found in a certain region of spain
@@MarkMark-e8j Possibly, as a Nāuatl speaker I think the [w], [kʷ] & tongue posture were a little different, but it was good
Is this language similar to Spanish like how English is similar to Chinese or what is this language?
Not at all. Spanish and Nahuatl are entirely unrelated languages. Spanish is part of Romance branch of the Indo-European language family. While Nahuatl is part of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Specifically part of the southern Aztecan branch. Spanish and Nahuatl are as different as English is to Mandarin Chinese. No relationship whatsoever.
Excelente cultura, aún cruel y guerrerosa. Sin duda, veo que en el futuro sin Españoles entonces conseguirían la Paz y Harmonía como pasó en nuestra civilización europea e aria en entero: desde el canibalismo hasta la Paz - sí disputada y no perfecta pero la Paz. Pero así es la vida que si eres más bajo en espirutualidad y más débil en progreso - pueden venir los conquistadores que borrarán tu código. Sin ofender - esto es parte de desarrollo. Mucho Ánimo a todos los Aztecas adecuados y os deseo que nunca escaecedes vuestros raíces antiguos❤.
No nos desees mas narcos bro. En parte por creerse los tlatoanis México esta en caos. México no es ni azteca, había más culturas y no eran ni siquiera nahuas la mayoría. México es hispano pero se esta olvidando aquí el ser civilizado. Arriba España la madre patria y viva México, nación hija de Cortéz
@SirJack-lr3vm pues sí! Es que tentaba de ser tolerante, y si no quieren digo la verdad: viva el México hispano e Cristiano, eso es base. Lo otro después. Por inicio el español, luego otros porque si daremos voluntad a los pueblos nativos ellos convertirán México a un plazón de batalla de todos contra todos - para demostración, esto pasa en todas las regiones de Latinoamérica dónde supera la población multicolor e no cristiana de esencia, sólo es así de envoltura: Ecuador, partes de Brasil - y eso es impresionante porque en los estados del sur la gente no sabe casí que es delincuencia y en el norte con población multicultural.. Un saludo!
All that wonderful culture wiped out by Cortez and Spain
it was an empire, it ruins it too
im spanish and ur 100% right. People here unironically think they did a favour to the americas because they were uncivilised and we "gave them culture". Spanish patriotism is the worst thing on Earth, probably the reason why there are like 15 different independence movements and many people feel attached to their region and not their country (myself included) it's just such an awful history and the right wing is unironically proud of it
no hay nada peor del patriotismo francés. Ellos aniquilaron a Occitània y a otros países, y en España sólo tienen razón de ser distintos Galiza, Euskadi, Navarra, Catalunya y València, puede ser. La independencia de otros es una profanación y tontería, todos siempre eran españoles o ya lo son mucho tiempo. Los mencionados sí tienen derecho de ser libres. a@@unoreversecard1o1o1o
la cultura siberiana también está destruída por los conquistadores rusos - por ejemplo por Yermak qui era el reflejo oriental de Cortés y qué? Pues no volveremos nada atrás, hemos de cuidar lo que queda. Los americanos de hoy siempre dicen de nocividad de colonización pero al mismo tiempo colonizan la mitad del mundo conjunto a Bretaña: toda la Europa es colonia de USA y de gran Bretaña. De eso nadie dice nada. Pues esto es lo clásico de los i*quierdos: todos son malos pero ellos pueden imponer la culpa colectiva a los demás. Bravo. Viva cultura Europea, Aria, Azteca y cualquiera la demás❤
Sí! Arriba Occitania! ✊🏼@@XuanMelendez
The Prison Gang la Eme, the mexican mafia sometimes communicate in Nahuatl
Що за стуки
God = Teotl (Dios - > Teotl? T≈D )