Nahua
Sign in to saveThe Nahuas ( ) are a Uto-Nahuan ethnic group and one of the Indigenous people of Mexico, with Nahua minorities also in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. They comprise the largest Indigenous group in Mexico, as well as the largest population out of any North American Indigenous people group who are native speakers of their respective Indigenous language. Amongst the Nahua, this is Nahuatl. When ranked amongst all Indigenous languages across the Americas, Nahuas list third after speakers of Guaraní and Quechua.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Nahuas
- Ethnic group.image
- Niñas Nahuas.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Nahua girls wearing traditional clothing in Puebla
- Ethnic group.population
- 4,158,539+
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 2,587,452
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 869,210
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 695,538
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 6,339
- Ethnic group.rels
- Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic with pre-Columbian influence), Aztec religion
- Ethnic group.langs
- Nahuatl, Nahuat and Spanish
- Ethnic group.related
- Pipil, Nicarao, Maya peoples, Mexicaneros, Indigenous people of the Americas and Mestizo, Mexica, Tlaxcaltecs
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Masewalij
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- nah
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature
- Distribution
- In Mexico
- In Central America
- Geography
- History
- Pre-conquest period
- Conquest period (1519–1523)
- Colonial period (1521–1821)
- Stage one (1519–c. 1550) Conquest and early colonial period
- Stage two (c. 1550 – c. 1650)
- Stage three (c. 1650 – 1821) Late colonial period to independence
- National period (1821–present)
- Culture
- Economy
- Language
- Religion
- Dances
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Nahuas ( ) are a Uto-Nahuan ethnic group and one of the Indigenous people of Mexico, with Nahua minorities also in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. They comprise the largest Indigenous group in Mexico, as well as the largest population out of any North American Indigenous people group who are native speakers of their respective Indigenous language. Amongst the Nahua, this is Nahuatl. When ranked amongst all Indigenous languages across the Americas, Nahuas list third after speakers of Guaraní and Quechua.
The Mexica (Aztecs) are of Nahua ethnicity, as are their historical enemies and allies of the Spaniards: the Tlaxcallans (Tlaxcaltecs). The Toltecs which predated both groups are often thought to have been Nahua as well. However, in the pre-Columbian period Nahuas were subdivided into many groups that did not necessarily share a common identity.