So happy I found your channel my father is from Guerrero where his tribe is Nahua and they spoke the language only thing is he didn’t learn it so now I’m trying to learn our native language at 28 yrs old. Excited to revive our culture
i am a language nerd, and can i just say i love the Voiceless alveolar lateral affricate present in Nahuatl, there's something about that sound i love.
So fucking stoked I found your channel. I love this language and have a real desire to learn it. I just ordered the Fermin Herrera dictionary. Just wanna make my ancestors proud and want to share this language with my child. Tlazocamati
Omg I have hit the holy grail finding your channel!!! A chill, smart, down to earth dude that also comprehensively teaches me the language of my ancestors? Sign me tf up!! Keep the awesome content coming!!!
Nitzle, Incniuhtli!! 🦋🌈🌻✊🏽 Tlazohcamati huel miyac!! Your spirits and knowledge are appreciated. I am still growing and learning our ways. I am a Mexica/Diné/Tepehuan/Purepecha Urban Indigenous Artist/Storyteller from East Oakland. A’ho! 🦋🌈🌻✊🏽 Together, We Rise Edited 9/5/23 “I was quite young minded & misguided at this time of my life. I didn’t specifically acknowledge my ancestree responsibly. To be fair, I’m a bi racial descendant who’s detribalized & raised predominately as a Xicané/o/a. My mothers side is from Michoacán & Jalisco with P’urepecha, Nahua, & Spanish roots multi generationally mixed. My fathers side is from Durango & New Mexico with Nahua, Tepehuán, Ute, & Spanish roots multi generationally mixed & we’re actually more distant from Diné relatives than we thought. Still decolonizing, still learning, and still growing. Nehuan Tehuan Xochitl (Together We Flower)”
That's incredible, being an artist and being from East Oakland, and being a part of all those cultures lol. I'd be interested to know if you're connected with any of those communities?
@@RayyanKesnan Piyalli (hello)… I was quite young minded & misguided at this time of my life. I didn’t specifically acknowledge my ancestree responsibly. To be fair, I’m a bi racial descendant who’s detribalized & raised predominately as a Xicané/o/a. My mothers side is from Michoacán & Jalisco with P’urepecha, Nahua, & Spanish roots multi generationally mixed. My fathers side is from Durango & New Mexico with Nahua, Tepehuán, Ute, & Spanish roots multi generationally mixed & we’re actually more distant from Diné relatives than we thought. Still decolonizing, still learning, and still growing. Nehuan Tehuan Xochitl (Together We Flower)
@@mitozmartinez1173 Piyalli! Awesome, we're all learning and decolonizing. You just showed the importance of acknowledging these things responsibly. Respect :) Tlazohcamati!
Seguir adelante con los videos. Greatly appreciate keeping our traditions alive. I'd love to learn to speak this language. Para tartar de mantener el lenguaje vivo.
Hola!! I am "remembering" my TRUE roots.... I was having a conversation with my son about Aztec dancing and the language and found you in the process. I can't wait to be your "student". :)
So I know my father is from Mexico City. And I was told that I have family there that don't speak Spanish. So I'm guessing they speak some form of Nahuatl. Either way I'm looking to learn. The language sounds beautiful and it makes me feel at home. Can't wait to get more into it.
Hello, do you have a list of the books you mentioned and how we can buy them ethically? Also I’m aware that my ancestors are from Kuskatan, is the dialect any different by regions? Thank you so much for your videos!
Hello! Yes, I mainly focus on Classical Nahuatl for my videos but Modern Nahuatl may sound a little different and Nahuatl is spoken differently from region to region. I recommend the following books, at least as a starting point for studying Nahuatl: Nahuatl-English/English-Nahuatl Concise Dictionary by Fermin Herrera Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts by James Lockhart An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl by Frances Karttunen They are available to order at Barnes & Noble and other online bookstores.
There are differences. If you speak Spanish and want to learn Salvadoran Nahuat, the Ministry of Culture of El Salvador has some videos on their TH-cam channel.
siempre he querido aprender náhuatl. es parte de nuestra historia. somos mexicanos. aztecas. nací y vivo en los eeuu. pero como quiero aprender. gracias por esto 😭
If you were born in USA you wouldnt be considered Mexican. Mexican means nationality, not race. Your nationality is American but your race is Mestizo. You speak Spanish because you have European blood in you but you are also Native American (Aztec)
@@nahuatltlahtocan Dishonor on my cow, How did I confuse the great trickster with a rabbit. Smh. Thanks for correcting me, my Ancestors are shaking their heads right now.
I am not a Native Nahuatl speaker. I have been studying Nahuatl from listening to people speak the language and from reading books and online resources. I focus primarily on Classical Nahuatl because Classical Nahuatl is more standardized and has a lot of written resources to learn from.
I’ve been looking into the mexica history and taking a course on Nahuatl. I feel a certain way When I speak these words out loud. Like I feel a connection to the past and present. cant explain. It feels like the true Mexican lineage, Thanks for your vids
This is awesome, thank you so much! I'm trying to learn some of the pronunciation for a presentation. Maybe you can visit my classroom and do a lesson?
Hey bro how can you tell if you have mexica ancestors? I went to the state of Guerrero a couple years ago and when I got to teloloapan I’ve seen statues of what seemed to me mexica worriors , seeing that cought my interest and made me want to dig deep and see if my blood line has mexica in it . Also I noticed that the Guerrero state flag has a worrier on it aswell .
From what I have heard, this will be the main language spoken in 500 years. Do you agree? I learned of it reading the book The Turquoise Ledge, and I have Cherokee ancestry myself.
Pilipino actually does have some Spanish and other European phrases that's why I understand a little bit of Espanyol or like When you Were talking in the beginning of the vid
question, I am from Central America and I used to know a lot of words in Nahuatl , is there are difference between Central American Nahuatl and Mexican Nahuatl, I cant find books of Central America Nahuatl. ?
You can find out what your day number and day sign are according to your birthdate and time. Many people take on their day number and day sign as their Nahuatl name. For example, my day number is chicome (seven) and my day sign is ozomahtli (monkey), so I would be Chicome Ozomahtli (Seven Monkey). However, I received my Nahuatl name, Coyolmitl (Coyote Bone Awl), from my tonalamatl through ceremony.
@@nahuatltlahtocan thank you so much! How would you go about finding that? I was born June 28th 1089 at 12:16 pm also are you still offering classes? How would we sign up?
Fun looking content! Your etymology for Nahuatl is wrong though. The vowel lenghts are na:watl, while atl is a:tl with a long a, so it can't have anything to do with water. More probably it is short from of nahua-tlatolli, meaning na:hua 'audible, clear' + tlatolli 'language, speech'.
I read a review saying the first book you mentioned nahua to English is bias or it is influenced by European views. I want to get a book that has the same idea but from a credible source.
Tlazohcamati for sharing your concern. I believe I've read that review and I don't really agree with who wrote it. Ironically, I think they're looking for words that are often used to understand Indigenous ways through a Eurocentric lens. For example, they complained that the word "shaman" is not in the book, but true shamanism is completely foreign to the Americas and the term itself is mostly used by non-Indigenous people when referring to Indigenous spiritual practices. For this reason, many Indigenous people actually dislike the term shaman. If you watch Professor Fermin Herrera's lectures, he encourages people to learn Nahuatl in order to read primary source documents that were written in Nahuatl by Nahua people to understand the world from their perspective instead of relying on sources that were written by Europeans. I believe the book is a great and credible source to learn from, which is why I recommend it to anyone interested in learning the language.
Unfortunately, the group as a student organization is no longer active at SFSU so I created a TH-cam channel to keep Nahuatl Tlahtocan going but I would love to see the movement reignited. I hoped that by creating the org it would someday evolve into a Nahuatl language class, but it only lasted for one or two semesters after I graduated.
Would it be possible to incorporate the speaking with maya glyphs? Or are the two not related. It would be so cool to see maya glyphs revived in some way
Nahuatl is very different from Mayan languages. Although, it would be awesome to see Maya glyphs used more frequently. I've studied a bit of Yucatec Maya but I never learned how to write the language.
It may have been originally. I've read different theories about the origin of the word. The "chocol-" in "chocolatl" might come from the Nahuatl word "xococ" (bitter) or the borrowed Mayan word "xocol" (hot).
So happy I found your channel my father is from Guerrero where his tribe is Nahua and they spoke the language only thing is he didn’t learn it so now I’m trying to learn our native language at 28 yrs old. Excited to revive our culture
i am a language nerd, and can i just say i love the Voiceless alveolar lateral affricate present in Nahuatl, there's something about that sound i love.
what about navajo?
Shared this to my Nahuatl study group. Tlazohcamati✊🏽💕
Thank you for sharing! I'm part of the group!
Thank you for sharing!
So fucking stoked I found your channel. I love this language and have a real desire to learn it. I just ordered the Fermin Herrera dictionary. Just wanna make my ancestors proud and want to share this language with my child. Tlazocamati
Just found this page. So excited to learn
Omg I have hit the holy grail finding your channel!!!
A chill, smart, down to earth dude that also comprehensively teaches me the language of my ancestors? Sign me tf up!!
Keep the awesome content coming!!!
You have a good vibe sounds like you have a lot of knowledge to share, can't wait. Tlazohcamati
A tip: you can watch movies on flixzone. Been using it for watching loads of movies these days.
@Cyrus Thatcher yea, have been using Flixzone for years myself :)
@Cyrus Thatcher definitely, I've been using Flixzone for months myself :)
@Cyrus Thatcher yup, I've been using Flixzone for since december myself :)
@Cyrus Thatcher yup, I have been using flixzone for years myself :)
Nitzle, Incniuhtli!!
🦋🌈🌻✊🏽
Tlazohcamati huel miyac!!
Your spirits and knowledge are appreciated. I am still growing and learning our ways.
I am a Mexica/Diné/Tepehuan/Purepecha Urban Indigenous Artist/Storyteller from East Oakland.
A’ho!
🦋🌈🌻✊🏽
Together, We Rise
Edited 9/5/23
“I was quite young minded & misguided at this time of my life. I didn’t specifically acknowledge my ancestree responsibly. To be fair, I’m a bi racial descendant who’s detribalized & raised predominately as a Xicané/o/a. My mothers side is from Michoacán & Jalisco with P’urepecha, Nahua, & Spanish roots multi generationally mixed. My fathers side is from Durango & New Mexico with Nahua, Tepehuán, Ute, & Spanish roots multi generationally mixed & we’re actually more distant from Diné relatives than we thought. Still decolonizing, still learning, and still growing.
Nehuan Tehuan Xochitl
(Together We Flower)”
That's incredible, being an artist and being from East Oakland, and being a part of all those cultures lol. I'd be interested to know if you're connected with any of those communities?
@@RayyanKesnan
Piyalli (hello)…
I was quite young minded & misguided at this time of my life. I didn’t specifically acknowledge my ancestree responsibly. To be fair, I’m a bi racial descendant who’s detribalized & raised predominately as a Xicané/o/a. My mothers side is from Michoacán & Jalisco with P’urepecha, Nahua, & Spanish roots multi generationally mixed. My fathers side is from Durango & New Mexico with Nahua, Tepehuán, Ute, & Spanish roots multi generationally mixed & we’re actually more distant from Diné relatives than we thought. Still decolonizing, still learning, and still growing.
Nehuan Tehuan Xochitl
(Together We Flower)
@@mitozmartinez1173 Piyalli! Awesome, we're all learning and decolonizing. You just showed the importance of acknowledging these things responsibly. Respect :)
Tlazohcamati!
I'm of Euro white Mexican-American ancestry only but really respect the indigenous cultures of Mexico and the indigenous cultures of the U.S.
Instantly liked, subscribed and commented when I found your channel. Thanks for this my Mexica brother.
Spreading this knowledge is truly a good deed. I know that I am not alone when I say that your work here is VERY much appreciated! Thank you.
i really interest in Nahuatl language and this video helps me very good to learn Nahuatl! Thank you!!!
You're welcome! I'm glad I could help.
Just found your channel.
Pure Gold.
I'm native Spanish speaker I livw in Mexico and im learning nahuatl in English crying
I do speak Nahuatl and am so proud of it!
My father is Nahua, i cant wait to learn 💖
Can't wait to surprise my grandparents. I've been trying to learn now is my time👍
Seguir adelante con los videos. Greatly appreciate keeping our traditions alive. I'd love to learn to speak this language. Para tartar de mantener el lenguaje vivo.
All my family from Guerrero in the Americas we will return to our Former Glory
Recently someone shared your vid bis Facebook and I like your way of teaching! Look forward to more content!
I look forward to learn. Please never give up teaching the Nahuatl language
Very crisply produced.
I’m starting to read about our history. I’m learning so much and I’m going to give Nahuatl a try to speak it fluently
Hola!! I am "remembering" my TRUE roots.... I was having a conversation with my son about Aztec dancing and the language and found you in the process. I can't wait to be your "student". :)
Thank you for videos you upload and share with us .. really appreciated
I’m excited to learn
Thank you so much for uploading this. You are doing the world such a service.
Lord, this man is beautiful 😍
Lordy Lordy, your pronunciation is amazing. Keep up the good work paisano!
Mexico born and raised want to learn the language of my ancestors
my ancestors are nahua, I want to learn how to speak and I'm going to get those books!!!
I love your energy
I just came across your channel and I would like to thank you 🙏🏾
Been looking for someone like you lol been wanted to learn the language of my peoples thank you for your videos
Awesome videos! So glad I found your channel.
Thank you for the knowledge it’s highly appreciated u opened a door like to learn it it fluently
Love.
la primer idioma de mi familia es nahuatl pero nunca hay sufuciente tiempo para aprender formalmente, gracias :-)
Just found your channel man thanks for the videos definitely subscribed
You’re a beautiful soul!
This is so cool. So proud to be indigenous.
My brother , your handing out gold .. keep the vibes !! AJACHEMEN NATION SAN DIEGO CA.
So I know my father is from Mexico City. And I was told that I have family there that don't speak Spanish. So I'm guessing they speak some form of Nahuatl. Either way I'm looking to learn. The language sounds beautiful and it makes me feel at home. Can't wait to get more into it.
Bro i want more vids.keep up the good work.:)
Salute. Great videos
I'd be honored to learn
Thank you this is much appreciated
wow good job! Saludos from Quebec in Canada! A big hug bro! I follow you for sure!
Thank you for for these videos I appreciate the hard work you put into making em, keep them coming looking forward to more of them
Thank you for the knowledge
Tlazocamati.... Carnal 👍👍👍
Ahmitla!
Amazing video, I’ve been learning a little Nahuatl and you explained it well
Besides being intelligent, you are so CUTE 😍 Saludos amigo!
the final "L" on these words seems to be ,barely pronounced. interesting.
Lianne Hinton's quote is so true!
Awesome. Gràcies.
De nada!
Awesome channel love the tutorial format. Can you become an Amazon affiliate so when we buy the books you recommend get some kick back
Hello, do you have a list of the books you mentioned and how we can buy them ethically? Also I’m aware that my ancestors are from Kuskatan, is the dialect any different by regions? Thank you so much for your videos!
Hello! Yes, I mainly focus on Classical Nahuatl for my videos but Modern Nahuatl may sound a little different and Nahuatl is spoken differently from region to region. I recommend the following books, at least as a starting point for studying Nahuatl:
Nahuatl-English/English-Nahuatl Concise Dictionary by Fermin Herrera
Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts by James Lockhart
An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl by Frances Karttunen
They are available to order at Barnes & Noble and other online bookstores.
There are differences. If you speak Spanish and want to learn Salvadoran Nahuat, the Ministry of Culture of El Salvador has some videos on their TH-cam channel.
Thank you for videos
i always watch your videos❤
Hello. You are really good. I'd like to have these classes in Spanish náhuatl. Thanks so much
Thank you! I would make videos in Spanish too but my Spanish isn't that great.. 😅
I’m trying to learn it rn
siempre he querido aprender náhuatl. es parte de nuestra historia. somos mexicanos. aztecas. nací y vivo en los eeuu. pero como quiero aprender. gracias por esto 😭
If you were born in USA you wouldnt be considered Mexican. Mexican means nationality, not race.
Your nationality is American but your race is Mestizo. You speak Spanish because you have European blood in you but you are also Native American (Aztec)
Ty for the education!
I got the same tochtli shirt!!!!! Got it from Mexico
I got mine from Mexico too! It's Huehuecoyotl, Old Coyote.
@@nahuatltlahtocan Dishonor on my cow, How did I confuse the great trickster with a rabbit. Smh. Thanks for correcting me, my Ancestors are shaking their heads right now.
I need to grab those books
Sweet shirt! Where did you get it??
Thank you! I got my shirt from Bernal in Queretaro, Mexico.
Hi there :). This is awesome. I would like to ask you if you give private online lessons as well :)
I been doing Spanish for four years and practicing nahuatl its not easy
Nunca imaginé encontrar un tutorial de nahuatl en ingles
Yo aún no encuentro alguno en Español
soo impressive
awesome bro!
Hi, are you a native náhuatl speaker? If so, from which region are you from?
I am not a Native Nahuatl speaker. I have been studying Nahuatl from listening to people speak the language and from reading books and online resources. I focus primarily on Classical Nahuatl because Classical Nahuatl is more standardized and has a lot of written resources to learn from.
Cool guy. Spoke well.
TLAZOCAMATI!!!!!!
Saludos desde Hidalgo México. De que lugar eres. Yo hablo nahuatl de la Huasteca
Soy de California en Estados Unidos.
@@nahuatltlahtocan y tu origen. Obvio que de México pero de que estado.
Are there any Nahuatl speaking organizations in Dallas?
Not that I know of, but then again, I'm not from Dallas... so there might be!
I’ve been looking into the mexica history and taking a course on Nahuatl. I feel a certain way When I speak these words out loud. Like I feel a connection to the past and present. cant explain. It feels like the true Mexican lineage, Thanks for your vids
Same here. You're welcome.
This is awesome, thank you so much! I'm trying to learn some of the pronunciation for a presentation. Maybe you can visit my classroom and do a lesson?
❤❤
Hey bro how can you tell if you have mexica ancestors? I went to the state of Guerrero a couple years ago and when I got to teloloapan I’ve seen statues of what seemed to me mexica worriors , seeing that cought my interest and made me want to dig deep and see if my blood line has mexica in it . Also I noticed that the Guerrero state flag has a worrier on it aswell .
subbed!!
From what I have heard, this will be the main language spoken in 500 years. Do you agree? I learned of it reading the book The Turquoise Ledge, and I have Cherokee ancestry myself.
Thank you.
I have some questons. How can I get in contact?
Pilipino actually does have some Spanish and other European phrases that's why I understand a little bit of Espanyol or like When you Were talking in the beginning of the vid
Cualli tlanezqui .peuhqui nimomachtia huasteca nahuatl . Napaqui itta nomacehuanpoyohuan zaniloa nahuatl.
question, I am from Central America and I used to know a lot of words in Nahuatl , is there are difference between Central American Nahuatl and Mexican Nahuatl, I cant find books of Central America Nahuatl. ?
mole remains the same
Please I need help. I naming my son
Yaotl Chikauak
Guerrero valiente
Is this correct?
Sometimes i wish i grew up speaking nahuatl or zapotec
I’m in the process of looking Into learning Nahuatl how would you find out what your name is in Nahuatl?
You can find out what your day number and day sign are according to your birthdate and time. Many people take on their day number and day sign as their Nahuatl name. For example, my day number is chicome (seven) and my day sign is ozomahtli (monkey), so I would be Chicome Ozomahtli (Seven Monkey). However, I received my Nahuatl name, Coyolmitl (Coyote Bone Awl), from my tonalamatl through ceremony.
@@nahuatltlahtocan thank you so much! How would you go about finding that? I was born June 28th 1089 at 12:16 pm also are you still offering classes? How would we sign up?
Fun looking content! Your etymology for Nahuatl is wrong though. The vowel lenghts are na:watl, while atl is a:tl with a long a, so it can't have anything to do with water. More probably it is short from of nahua-tlatolli, meaning na:hua 'audible, clear' + tlatolli 'language, speech'.
On a second watch, I see that you gave this as a second possibility too.
@@valkeakirahvi Thank you for the correction!
I read a review saying the first book you mentioned nahua to English is bias or it is influenced by European views. I want to get a book that has the same idea but from a credible source.
Tlazohcamati for sharing your concern. I believe I've read that review and I don't really agree with who wrote it. Ironically, I think they're looking for words that are often used to understand Indigenous ways through a Eurocentric lens.
For example, they complained that the word "shaman" is not in the book, but true shamanism is completely foreign to the Americas and the term itself is mostly used by non-Indigenous people when referring to Indigenous spiritual practices. For this reason, many Indigenous people actually dislike the term shaman. If you watch Professor Fermin Herrera's lectures, he encourages people to learn Nahuatl in order to read primary source documents that were written in Nahuatl by Nahua people to understand the world from their perspective instead of relying on sources that were written by Europeans. I believe the book is a great and credible source to learn from, which is why I recommend it to anyone interested in learning the language.
Xocolatl food for the gods
There is 4000 words in the Spanish language that come from the Nahuatl and also there are lots of words in English!
SFSU?? I had no idea wtf I go there, is this group still active?
Unfortunately, the group as a student organization is no longer active at SFSU so I created a TH-cam channel to keep Nahuatl Tlahtocan going but I would love to see the movement reignited. I hoped that by creating the org it would someday evolve into a Nahuatl language class, but it only lasted for one or two semesters after I graduated.
@@nahuatltlahtocan Bummer. These are so informative though thank you for continuing to make stuff available!!
what variant are you teaching?
Would it be possible to incorporate the speaking with maya glyphs? Or are the two not related. It would be so cool to see maya glyphs revived in some way
Nahuatl is very different from Mayan languages. Although, it would be awesome to see Maya glyphs used more frequently. I've studied a bit of Yucatec Maya but I never learned how to write the language.
@@nahuatltlahtocan looking back at this, this question was very ignorant haha i've learned a lot since then
@@citrusblast4372 No worries! Asking questions is part of the learning process.
Tlazohcamati irmão
Ahmitla!
How can i get a book from nahuatl
Ebay this dialect is not easy
Isn't it Xococatl?
It may have been originally. I've read different theories about the origin of the word. The "chocol-" in "chocolatl" might come from the Nahuatl word "xococ" (bitter) or the borrowed Mayan word "xocol" (hot).