@Alfredo Lambda Siguiendo tu lógica, España no existía antes de la llegada de los Romanos, no tenían grandes civilizaciones ni un lenguaje nacional consolidado, son la mezcla de los romanos y después los árabes que se juntaron con los nativos del lugar, por lo tanto la lengua de España no es el idioma "Español" es un dialecto hispanizado del latín con tintes de árabe.
don't get stuck on Mexicans . I mean Mexico is beautiful but this language comes before Mexico, maybe 1000 years. Yes its Mexican but the people are indigenous to the continent. Borders were not created until about 200-300 years back.
I am Mexican and I would love to learn Nahuatl! It is such a shame that our native languages are being lost :( Not only nahuatl, but all the other languages of Mexico, that will soon disappear. Discriminating against them is stupid, aren't we all descendants of natives? They are much more Mexican than the rest of us!
Sadly, eventually all the languages in the world will be lost because in the modern day, everyone in the world is encouraged to Westernize and learn English as well as abandon their countries to migrate to English-speaking countries. Basically this is a modern form of imperialism.
@@jobsearch5871 mestiZos have invented many iconic images like Memin Pinguin, La India Maria, Paisana Jacinta ( de Peru)..for their entertainment based on Native People and Blacks. While racism is prevent in Mexico and Latin America. Imagine being a Native person, seeings these characters of your identity being mocked and belittle (Mexicos Census INEGI recognizes 68 Native tribes that still exist in Mexico) Native People represent about 8% of the Mex. population.
Angie Aztecs were an alliance of three Nāhua (Nahuatl-speaking) groups. By the time the Aztec triple alliance was formed it wasn’t just the Mexica who spoke Náhuatl in the basin
I showed my mother this video because she can speak Nahuatl, hearing the girls story towards the end of the video made her extremely emotional. My mother said it isn't easy leaving your homeland. the only person my my mother can speak Nahuatl to is my grandmother who is currently in Mexico (we live in NY) I stumbled upon this video and it is encouraging me to learn Nahuatl. After all this language is part of my family's Heritage and I do not want it to fade away.
Miguel Barrientos You chose to abandon México. Now you are a gringo and because you abandoned México, you will lose your culture and be gringo culture. That is what you deserve for abandoning México. You are gringo now.
Im learning nahuatl i like the language its very ancient language.And i hope IT Will be number one language of Mexica and no more spanish or english......why be ashamed of ur own language people from europé ask me about nahuatl and are interested and thinks IT sound beautiful..... Respect from norway......Saludos de noruega......
I hope Mexico embraces nahautl. Ireland started teaching Gaelic in schools to bring back their native language. I think formerly colonized countries should take notice of that and try it. I love hearing native languages and I don't want them to die.
Por favor no dejen morir tan hermoso idioma. Recuperen su idioma original, que es el Nahualt. Funden escuela de idioma Nahualt, Mexicanos nativos defiendan su herencia cultural!
@@IslenoGutierrez Most Mexicans have never been to Spain or outside of Mexico in their lives. Saying Spanish is the actual language of Mexico because they were colonized by Spain is like saying Dutch is the language of Indonesia or English the language of Hong Kong or India.
It is so so important to preserve indigenous languages. The fact that people still speak them is a testament to their perseverance to genocide and systemic racism. As languages of the first peoples of a land, they deserve the utmost respect.
it is so nice to hear a native speaker of Nahuatl, its beautiful. I love the way Nahuatl sounds with out the foreign sounds of English and Spanish, for example the way I humbly attempt to speak the Nahuatl words. PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS LANGUAGE ALIVE
I live in Buffalo New York and I've been studying Nahuatl for several months now and the history of the Nahuas fascinates me! Nikneki nikkaki masewalimeh saniloah ika Nahuatl. Tlaskamati!
My name is Daniel Moctezuma- I live in California , US. My mother’s family is undoubtedly Spanish with a name that means resurrector “Lazaro”. My father’s family is as moreno as we come. No doubt that I am from mestizo & Aztec descent. My desire to discover my self-identity brought me here , closer. Tlazocamati Huel Miac 🖤🧿🇲🇽 Ma Xipahtinemi - Remember Aztlan
Llevo años viendo videos de cómo aprender la lengua de mi gente, y me da mucha alegría el haberme encontrado con este video me enorgullece escucharlos y saber que no han perdido algo tan valioso como lo es la lengua Mexicana, gracias por este regalo! Por favor no lo abandonen!! Envia de la buena!!
Muy orgullosa de estos Mexicas. Es mi honor ser Mexicana. E decidido aprender totonaco aunque mi padre se averguenze de su idioma nativo. Muchas gracias por este video, Y que Viva Mexico!
Gracias maestra. Se me ha olvida ya que sali de Mexico muy joven con poca educacion y he ademas aprendido ingles, japones y ruso. Ya que uso el ingles mas, mi teclado no tiene la dieresis, ni acento. Pero enserio muchisimas gracias por la correccion y amabilidad.
why wouldnt mexicans want to learn this? why do mexicans make fun of nahuatl? its your own original language!! im filipino and mexicans always ask why we dont speak spanish.. i say "cause speaking spanish would mean spain won" we filipinos fought to keep our language.. mexicans should relearn theres and not forbid it or ban it like i hear they do.. know your roots!!
+Mark Villanueva. Filipinos did not have "to fight" to keep their language. The Spaniards themselves studied and wrote so many books about the Philippine languages, which you can see in "Did Filipinos Speak Spanish? YES!" and they promoted its use among Spaniards living in the islands. The Spaniards even studied and learned the Tagalog alphabet, which you can see in that video. The Spanish never surpressed the native languages of your people. Even if they wanted to, it would have been impossible since the Spaniards were completely outnumbered by the Filipinos. 1000 to 2000 Spanish friars vs approximately 7 million Filipinos in 1898....think about it...
@@abrilcastelo9230 The same logic applies to the Americas yet Spanish has superceded every language and culture. I don't think a single indigenous language is mandatory in schools in Mexico yet Spanish is taught everywhere.
The Spanish in the 16th Century Attempted to brainwash Mestizos and Indigenous To Dislike they're race and be more "whiter" This is why Racism Is more common with Indigenous and Africans than With Mestizos And White.
@@jolabo6374 they tried doing the same thing to Filipinos.. Spain was in Philippines 100 years before Mexico.. south Philippines still speaks Spanish but we fought our way out.. I'm not comparing countries and how we were taken over.. I'm saying why don't Mexicans want to relearn their native language and make fun of the "Aztec" looking people.
Nahuatl is one of the most beautiful languages in my opinion. And American English has a number of loan words from Nahuatl! They include Coyote, Avocado, Tomato, Chia seed, Chili, Shack, and best of all: Chocolate. ♡
But there's more than one indigenous language in Mexico. Why should only Nahuatl be the official language? The Maya speakers wouldn't appreciate that...
Mexicas rule north Mexico to Nicaragua, they respected other communities language so is not a good idea any official language, also they introduced corn to US natives..
@@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272 they should all be recognized in their respective regions and let Spanish stay as a unifier. Still, should rename DF to Tenochtitlan again
Because they were never taught thier heritage. They assume Spanish is the OG language when its far from it. Before the Spaniards came the people spoke many different languages and spanish was never it
My Great grandma was mixed Mexican but spoke Nahuatl the native language of many of her ancestors and Spanish. She was a descendant of the Mexicas to be more specific the Tecuanipa tribe located near the outskirts of the Popocateptl volcano and a descendant of Spanish-French Hacienda workers that arrived as indentured servants.
wow, amazing language! Keep tradition... teach your children your language and don't worry about spanish or english, if its around, they will learn anyways!!
been trying to learn nahuatl more than spanish. my ancestors where more aztec and apache indian and have very little Portuguese and spanish blood in us
Amigos no dejen este hermoso le guaje morir. Yo y mi bebe estamos aprendiendo poco a poco. No tenemos familia que lo hable y nos enseñe y eso es muy triste. No se dejen creer de los babosos que se burlan. Ellos son los ignorantes. Es hora de revivir nuestro lenguaje y honrar a nuestros ancestros.
I say we learn and have Nahuatl as our main language and Spanish as a backup language in the case of translating or if a person speaks Spanish and Nahuatl but no English there are plenty of ppl who learned spanish in the US and can use Spanish to communicate
Mexicans you should be proud of it. Did you know that Filipinos keep their Mexican Heritage. , and one of that is your Language the "Nahuatl" language. Yes Filipino has loan words from Aztec Nahuatl, common example is: Mother & Father (English) Ina & Ama (Filipino) Nanay & Tatay (Nahuatl)but converted into Filipino
El gobierno tiene que enseñar obligatoriamente nuestros idiomas indígenas en las escuelas. Es la única forma de evitar que sigan desapareciendo. Además son los idiomas originales del país. El español es de España. Ya no somos colonia. Por que no hablamos nuestros idiomas mexicanos? Se tlahpalolli.
These are not Hispanics or Latino these are the real Aztec descendents check their DNA it would be atleast 90% Amerindian their testimony concludes when they grew up the non Indians would treat them like crap because they were Indian and didn't speak Spanish or spoke it correctly mestizos are not native but these people are the real Indians
My Great grandma was mixed Mexican but spoke Nahuatl the native language of many of her ancestors and Spanish. She was a descendant of the Mexicas to be more specific the Tecuanipa tribe located near the outskirts of the Popocateptl volcano and a descendant of of Spanish-French Hacienda workers that arrived as indentured servants.
While there is prejudice between mestizos and indigenous people in Mexico, all mestizos have indigenous blood, and to say that one cannot truly be indigenous without being at least 90% of that race is to deny mixed identities their right to identify as indigenous
You have Puerto Ricans that speak Arawak Indian language all Hispanics should be speaking there native language not Spanish when you see an Hispanic person speak Spanish it's weird because I know it's a white mans language and Hispanics are not latin people it's just ridiculous
This is one tough language to learn. I am Mexican and Brazilian and I speak English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Mandarin and nahuatl. My grandpa taught me how to speak nahuatl as I grew up so I am pretty fluent with it and when I used to call him from here the US, I only spoke nahuatl with him so I would make him feel good. Also, so I won't forget how to speak it. The fact that it's Mexico's rare but official language and was vanished by vicious Spaniards breaks me. I really hope we get our land back(Texas to California)and lingo speak back around.🇲🇽❤️🇧🇷
Interesting. If only Mexico could revive this language to the point where a great majority of Mexicans speak it fluently. That would be very interesting.
Hola, muy buen video, aunque no agregaron unas palabras que menciona el chico,y la traducción tiene algunas fallas. por ejemplo: al minuto 1:25 agrega después de decir,huan onanc ili( lo mismo que onic ili): nokseki amoknequi "MO PINAHUA" Y LA TRADUCCIÓN CORRECTA ES Y YO LE DIJE; OTROS NO QUIERES, SE AVERGÜENZAN.
Also you have to keep in mind that with the homogeneous atmosphere, the traits that keep society together, (like staying clean, not using drugs, murdering raping etc.) were of upmost importance. If you weren't a team player, you died. It's not just the value of a better life (which is really true, I don't disagree with that), I also think that the idealistic image of a prosperous asian citizen is one that is hammered into every aspect of society. And it's working
Phillipinos speak Spanish but are Asian. Mexicans speak spanish but are Hispanic...doesn't make sense. pretty soon English will dominate mexico. and Spanish will be an old language to be ashamed of. To get a job in mexico you must learn english because of american and British investors. If it took 100 years for mexicans to abonden Nahuatl for Spanish. Plz mexicans. Its is not to late to bring Nahuatl. Learning a new lanuage is much easier . If your going to make your kids bi lingual. make it English and Nahuatl and some spanish. Its not to late. because if Mexicans went from speaking Nahuatl for 1000 years.then switched it up to spanish for 100 years... whats from stopping mexicans from learning Nahuatl again within two generations. A generation that will grow and become proud of his/her heritage like the Chinese and Japanese ....who aren't all AGACHADOS .
***** to say that catalan and castillano spanish are the same is ridicolous...they might as well be two seperate languages...go listen to a catalonean speak it sounds nothing like castillan. I knew phillipines who spoke spanish in cali and had last names like Cortez, Hernandez etc.
***** please read my comment more thorougly.. Mexico is tuaght that ALL of SPAIn conqured ALL OF MEXICO. When in fact it was just castillanos...who conqured only distrito federal. Yet catolona had nothing to do with mexican conquest.. While it wasn't until the late 1700s until Mexico (joint venture of new spain and tlaxcala)took over the chichamecas,apaches.and some mayas.. They had bases there through missions..and the jesuits. IM JUST SAYIng ther is no other culture that this has really happend to . The cantonese and hindus were taken over by the british..and some speak nglish and a some interacialed...but yet their ties to CHINA and INDIA is still strong. The hawains who were much smaller... still have strong ties. So why are MEXICANS brainwashed into thinking SPANISH is their language. Mexican history doesn't begin at 1510. It much deeper than that. and Mediums like TELEVISA promote thse false lies that when cortez arrived the natives thought he was a god...because they were taller..when in fact the average height of ppl even in europe were 5'6 . Were taugh that we are all MESTIZO. When in fact there were several villages that never got conqured by spain. Spain might have sent maps back to europe saying that they owned huge lands...but in reality and even ITALIAN authors were saying Spain was lust lying. BLACK Legend. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend it was all a fallacy for political gain. Our entire history...everything you were brought up to learn was tampered with. There is a much deeper complex history to MEXICAN COLONIALISM than just conquest. its sad and emberassing that it had to be our culture who got dumbed down and accepted to be a victim of rape... you mush keep the languages of nahautl alive... to preserve that spirit. that the chinese and hindus still have... why would you think mexico 'conquest' was justified by modern mexico..when modern mexico is the most corrupt and filthy piece of land it is today... Mexico should be a first world power 2nd to the US...with its resources...alone. but why? because TELEVISA and these mediums kill our spirit by making us feel inferior at birth with lies,lies lies...Please for the sake of those who parished and for your ancestors..don't let that spirt die... We will look back at history and read mexicans as just a minor footnoote to history. as mexico will most likely become annexed by the US.
***** history that doesn't exist? so your going to believe the account of hernan cortez and disregard the other accounts? My English isn't bad at all. Its in California and TX tone...so its not going to be the UK english you were taught in mexico. that would be like me bashing a mexican for his hybrid spanish, because i was taught the castillan spanish in the US. VOS VOSOTROS...blah blah. Where is your broke ass from Cacatecas...
go noize2040!! a own language, names and surnames enforce the identity, like the germans sweden, korea japan, vietnam, and it brings the people more toghether, united between poor and rich. It hasnt benefit mexico elsalvador guatemala at all to be speaking a worldwide language.
those countries are fuckt up, mexico is better of because of the oil but still fuckt up, poberty and iliteracy and so on like many countries in latin america, but I mentioned those countries because it is were the majority has nativeblood and can still get their identity back if they put their mind to it. I live in sweden, only 9 million people speak the swedish language still one of the richest countries on earth, because they have a strong identity, much more united, they put the interest of the group infront of the individual. not because they are superior or any shit they teach in latin america it s because they function better of as a team and that is what u get by having a own language, names and culture.
I notice some Spanish words in their grammar, like escuela. That is understandable, since languages evolve when they come in contact with other languages. Alotta political words and words ending with -tion in English are French words.
+Mr. Allmighty Cornholio They only have these words in what they are saying because they are borrowing it from spanish. Caltlamchtiloyan is the word for school is Nahuatl.. its just some people borrow more than others when they speak because they are usually bilingual
@@paquiliztli It's because these languages aren't taught in schools, speakers end up becoming more dominant in Spanish and use Spanish words as filler words while speaking their indigenous languages. Over time these communities will be entirely Spanish speaking. One of the first signs of language death if you ask me.
While knowing native languages is important for cultural reasons. Spanish is so much better for the natives to use for all practical reasons. I would even go as far as to say everyone should learn English. A child speaking Nahuatl can't accomplish much in life, he won't even be able to read any modern books! If the same kid knew English as well he would have the majority of the worlds knowledge in an accessible form. I mourn the loss of languages but cheer for a more educated, equal populace.
You realize that the vast majority of the world studies their own language as well as English right? Go to countries like Latvia, Estonia, etc. The languages in those countries are not spoken anywhere else, yet the students still learn them in schools for cultural reasons. They learn English as well to communicate with the rest of the world. Now compare this to Mexico. Indigenous children are forced to attend school in Spanish and learn only Spanish at school. They do not study their own languages. More emphasis is placed on learning Spanish than English despite English being of greater value internationally.
Wow. You really didn't think about it at all did you. French is: The Language that the Olympics operate in The language that every document in the U.N. is written in The 5th most spoken language in the world The romance language with the least false cognates It's way better for more than Canada. It's easy to learn, (maybe not as Esperanto) but for languages that have the most describing words. French is it.
They are seen less of a threat to white society and thus do not get beat up at school which is why they are so Rich and Smart these days while Native Americans/Middle Easterners get a lot of racism even the ones that try to "westernise" like these guys in this Video.
I dont speak Nauatl but my people from El Salvador is loosing this language that represent who we are and where we are coming from. We were force to speak Spanish and force to dress different in 1942 so killed a more than 10000 people. In those days that was a lot of people.
+Felix Mendoza Can't happen, will never happen, since the vast majority of Mexicans have already mixed races with the Europeans who came, and even the Africans who slipped in.
I don't think it's that black and white though. He does kind of have a point, business and politics all are conversed in either French or English. If you go to a foreign country, the second language on the sign is English. However, for technical reasons, I think french is more practical, in the sense that it is very clear about gender, tense, and it does not have any abnormal, acquired sounds, like the rolling r in spanish.
Nahua is alive and well truth be told its spoken in the millions us and mexico Latin is endangered and many european languages aka nordic and one day possibly spanish because the spanish here is watered out with nahua words
