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Nahuan languages, also called Aztecan, Nahua, or Nahuatlan, subgroup of the Uto-Aztecan languages, now considered a division of the Corachol-Aztecan subgroup of Southern Uto-Aztecan (also called Sonoran). The Nahuan languages include Pochutec and Nahua (made up of Pipil and Nahuatl). The Nahuatl language has many dialects and is spoken throughout Mexico. Pipil is spoken only in El Salvador.
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