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„Malintzin Itlahtol” is the first publication in modern Nahuatl in standardized orthography based on colonial orthography and contemporary linguistic knowledge about morphology. It is also the first book in „Totlahtol” series and children´s subseries „Toconehuan”, edited by Dr. Justyna Olko and Dr. John Sullivan. The author Dr. Refugio Nava Nava is a professor at the University of Tlaxcala and conducts research on preservation and revitalization of Mexican indigenous languages.
When I first began to research “contemporary Nahua literature” extensively, I soon came to the realization that doing so resembles endeavoring to write an unreasonably broad study on a topic like “contemporary English literature.”
The contemporary stage in the evolution of Nahuatl language and culture begins in the fifth decade of the twentieth century. After the Mexican Revolution, intellectuals began to forge a new national identity, based in part on pride in a mythologized version of Mexico’s indigenous past.
A native speaker of Nahuatl talks about her daily activities and gives advice on how to live a healthy and happy life.
Basic Nahuatl vocabulary: verbs "to dance" and "to do".
Basic Nahuatl vocabulary: personal pronouns.