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I have seen the future, and it is...

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:30 pm
by gailr
¡Nahuatl!

Ancient Tongue Linked to Aztec Past
Some of you curmudgeons from the old board should appreciate this article...

Besides, isn't it gratifying to see Nahuatl being used in a way that doesn't send you screaming from a post topic?

-gailr

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:07 pm
by Brazilian dude
An estimated 1 million people, including more than 25,000 Mexican immigrants in the United States, speak some form of Nahuatl (NAH-wa-tl, with the "l" nearly silent).
This is where it gets tricky.
There are 12 ways to say hello, and five ways to say "to eat," Vazquez said.
Right up a glutton's alley.

Brazilian dude