An ancient language centered in the Valley of Mexico. The language of the Aztec at the time of the Spanish conquest. It became the common language of Mesoamerica and is still spoken today.
(Nahuatl) The language spoken by the Nahua, an ethnic group from Central Mexico whose pre-Hispanic empire, the Aztec empire, was defeated by the Spanish in 1521. The language, whose name means "clear speech," is spoken today in some towns in Mexico.