English to Nahuatl Translation Services
(We also offer Nahuatl to English translation services.)
Nahuatl is Mexico’s most widely spoken language after Spanish, with more than 1.7 million speakers. Previously, Nahuatl was the lingua franca of the Aztec Empire as well as the primary written language, with huge swaths of documents, chronicles, and poetry written in Nahuatl since at least the sixteenth century. Today, Nahuatl is spoken mostly by the Nahua people of central Mexico. Moreover, in the La Huasteca region and the state of Guerrero, Nahuatl is the primary language of communication in many communities, with up to a quarter of the population speaking no Spanish. Thus, to reach this audience, you can’t rely on Spanish translation alone.
Linguists classify Nahuatl as an Uto-Aztecan language, putting it in the same group as Hopi and Comanche. As a member of this language family, Nahuatl features highly complex grammar that can be extremely challenging to translate accurately into English. For instance, Nahuatl is considered a polysynthetic language, which means words can be formed by long chains of prefixes and suffixes, much like in Yupik, Navajo, and Arapaho. Likewise, Nahuatl verbs express not only time and aspect but also information about the subject, object, and direct object of a given action. As a result, almost any kind of word in Nahuatl can stand for an entire sentence in English.
Some Material We Translate into Nahuatl
Websites. Establish an easy-to-reach and easy-to-understand presence online. We provide translations for e-commerce sites, online advertisements, government websites, and more.
Surveys. We provide Nahuatl translations of surveys for government agencies, academic researchers, and commercial enterprises.
Whether you want to extend your reach to Hidalgo, Puebla, Guerrero, or anywhere else Nahuatl is spoken, our team of translators can support your project. Feel confident that your materials are being managed by a team of expert translators with years of experience and a deep understanding of the intricacies of Nahuatl translation work.
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