"I Only Speak Nahuatl, Not Spanish" 🇲🇽 (#14)

[@agomez7747]

You was lucky to met a Temachtiani, because in my town no one teacher speaks nahuatl, not even the living people in my town , no any more, since 70 years ago.

[@SabbaticalTommy]

Yeah, we were really lucky that day - not only did we get a ride, but the driver was a Nahuatl teacher!

[@swo8on]

@@SabbaticalTommy hey man I know this might sound sussy. But did you guys really get in touch? If so does he have any other contact info? I'm learning but from the states and the only way to progress is to actually speak it with someone. In also underage and can't go anywhere lol

[@tonymoreno4802]

Someone from that region should start a class on zoom or something I know there's a place in downtown Los Angeles where people go to learn nahuatl

[@SabbaticalTommy]

This was part 3 of a four-part series about Nahuatl and the Huasteca region. If any of these videos make you want to visit the region or learn Nahuatl, then you got the right impression. You'll find some of the kindest people on the planet there.

[@AlexderFranke]

For Nahuatl to thrive, there need to be areas that work monolingually with schools teaching through Nahuatl only and has to thrive in urban settings that Nahuatl is widely understood in Mexico City. They ought to define regions where most of the citizens speak Nahuatl as monolingual and set up signs in Nahuatl only hile private signs ought to become at least bilingual as they do in the Irish Gaeltacht.

[@iomyhousee5615]

Ciamar a tha thu, a Alexder? Tapadh leibh for being here. What you are saying would have been impossible years ago...all the oppression from...eh...don't want to say too much here. But yes...oh, and it will be a long haul...not another 500 years...no, no. Chì mi thu a dh 'aithghearr. Timoitase, abur!

[@misssilencedogood5968]

Why? There is no reason when the dominate culture and language is Spanish? It is like wanting all people in California to suddenly all learn to speak Miwok. Why should the population of Mexico learn Nahuatl when Mexico was never a homogenous population who spoke the same language in the first place and actually outright HATED each other? Still to this day other Indian tribes don't like other Indian tribes OR their language. You are also making the assumption that Mexicans are all the same ethnically not everyone is Native and yet this would be mandatory? Even in the terms of Native populations you would be forcing Mayans to speak Nahuatl which is basically even more of a dead language than Mayan? The Mayan in their region actually have more of a chance and it actually makes more sense for them to have programs that help keep the language going as their culture is stronger, more organized linguistically and culturally. In fact there are many Maya who don't even speak SPANISH. Asking the general population of Mexico to speak Nahuatl is assuming everyone in majority shares a Native American heritage! OMG 🤣

[@blackwaterwolf]

@@misssilencedogood5968 Are you okay?

[@karlarios5609]

@@misssilencedogood5968 not reading all that.

[@PinkSayori]

​@@misssilencedogood5968 Well, its important to our culture preservation, the languages of our people NEED to be preservated, and must be teached in our schools like english or chinese do. Aldo, 20% of México population are native and 45% native descendant.

[@sky30p75]

Hey, I speak Nahuatl! I’m from America but I learned via books and your KZbin videos! Cualli tonalli noicniutli!

[@SabbaticalTommy]

Cenca cualli! That's really cool to hear. I hope I can go back once my tour of Africa is done

[@jesusthesalvation9704]

America is from Canada all the way to Chile

[@element1192]

@@jesusthesalvation9704 When yankees say America they mean their own country lol

[@timppaUT]

​@@jesusthesalvation9704:D

[@timppaUT]

​@@element1192Perhaps they should've named it: "United State of Yankees" so they wouldn't mess it up that often? :P

[@carlosmoreno9094]

Panolti Noiknitsin 👋🏾 how you doing my friend 👋🏾, I’m so glad you find someone to talk to in Nahuatlahtolli have a beautiful trip there Mah Cuacualtzin Ohtzintli / Have beautiful trip ,

[@RainandRoot]

Loved this video, to be out there in nature and to be speaking the indigenous language of the people is absolutely beautiful. Mexico is a beautiful and diverse country with warm and friendly people.

[@agomez7747]

Hi, good morning, I feel glad to know that you still in Mexico and joining the mexican culture, Me, when I go to visit my family, I do'nt wnt to come back to United States, but I have to do.

[@Dan-sw8tg]

Hey bro I lived in from Germany and I lived in Mexico from November 2020 - March 2021 and I really loved it! I didn't want to go back to Germany :/

[@gustavovillegas5909]

This is great!! I’m also learning Huasteca Nahuatl, seeing the language be used and shown on a platform like this is just amazing Tlaskamati miak nowampo!

[@Metztli0]

Can you tell me where you’re learning it? I’m currently learning Italian on Duolingo but they don’t teach Nahuatl on there. 😔

[@sokawai5]

​@@Metztli0I learn it here on KZbin There's a guy with a playlist of each lesson in order

[@betososa7282]

Mis respetos a como lo dices y con la seguridad en que lo dices ya que el nahuatl tiene muchos variantes , Veracruz, Puebla , Estado de Mexico, Guerrero, Morelos, Tlaxcala , Hidalgo y San Luis Potosi felicidades!!

[@SabbaticalTommy]

Es verdad, es muy facil confundirse, por ahora sigo con el variante huastecano, pero son todos lindos!

[@abrahamalaniz3468]

No menciones a los Tlaxcalas

[@unolimpico6451]

​@@abrahamalaniz3468Jajaja, ¿No existen?

[@RayyanKesnan]

@@unolimpico6451 😂...

[@hectorhh4794]

Yo soy de la región huasteca de Hidalgo, y mi esposa de la huasteca de San Luis Potosí, y puede hablar en Tenek que es la lengua original de la huasteca.

[@johndoethethirdjohnsoninspecto]

I would like to learn but as a Mexican American, i already get hate for speaking shit Spanish lol ill just stick to English. Nahuatl is a beautiful language though

[@666_N_94]

Just discovered your channel and this is awesome man! I’m half Mexican, working on learning Spanish now but also am making it a goal to learn Nahuatl too. This gives me more motivation and inspiration to do so!

[@Treasurelee10]

Spanish is from the colonizers so you want to learn a language that tires to wipe out the native mexican languages and cultures of native mexican indginous

[@MexicanOT-q8t]

There's no such thing as half Mexican it isn't a race

[@666_N_94]

@ yeah I know dude. My family is Brown/Mestizo…but you should know most of us still use Mexican. Not really mind boggling knowledge you dropped.

[@mbellah6]

I would love to learn nahuatl language

[@SabbaticalTommy]

Go for it!

[@AlyssaQ420]

@@SabbaticalTommy where can I learn online for free? I don't think there's a Nahuatl option on duolingo, unfortunately.

[@iomyhousee5615]

Well, go for it. Ni tequites. Yo trabajo aprendiendo idiomas. You can do it. До свидания

[@iomyhousee5615]

Mbella halò, there is someone in New York City...find him on line...he speaks on the streets. Let me look it up again. Timoitase for now!

[@indigenousbeauty6951]

@@AlyssaQ420 Amazon books, youtube!

[@an7317]

I love this, I wish they offered this as a language class instead of just Spanish, and French. I took Spanish as a foreign language in high school, but it would have been nice to also be able to learn Nahuatl as an indigenous language.

[@karl-heinzgrabowski3022]

they will never forget the day some random gringo approached them in nahuatl

[@kaycee5475]

Pretty amazing! These places are so rich in culture. So green and beautiful too. Cant wait for more (:

[@Anonymous-kw4jf]

Wow the teacher is so nice

[@captainjosue]

Damn I'm so embarrassed right now because I'm Mexican who speaks 5 languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian, German) but I don't know Nahautl the language of my ancestors. Now I feel like such a loser

[@JohSno]

It's never too late to learn one more ;) And the more you know, the easier it gets to learn a new one.

[@ikemenchaca3736]

I'm on a similar page. Originally from Hidalgo and speak 7ish languages but just now starting to get into Nahuatl. It seems surprisingly easy, but it's frustrating the lack of resources and the conflicting information because of all the variants. We need the Nahuatl equivalent to the Real Academia Espanola to try to lay some groundwork and standardize a few things but this should come from the people who still speak it. Unfortunately, I fear that the only reason they still speak it is bc of the government hasn't addressed the needs of these regions/people and if they did, the language would be fully lost to an all spanish education.

[@josecarlosbayoncueto4689]

It's never too late to learn , you can learn modern nahuatl, someday Mexico can be like paraguay bilingual in spanish and guarani

[@EmmanuelHernandez-uz3mx]

I'm a (mostly) Mexican who doesn't know Nahuatl OR Spanish, lmao. i feel like a huge failure, especially since the Spanish I did know when I was younger has since vanished as I've aged. sucks.

[@agustin2812]

@@EmmanuelHernandez-uz3mx A Mexican who does not speak Spanish or any indigenous language ?

[@ambiguumspectatoremespecta9803]

As a Mexican I can say for certainty that you are culturally more Mexican than most Mexicans. I am still learning to speak and understand Nahuatl.

[@GeoHdReal]

This channel is a gem!

[@reconscout2238]

Based true mexican not speaking the languange of colonisers.

[@prudencebushnell9165]

I love your videos I just watched them randomly I didn't know it started from Mexico 💯💯💫💫very kind kind people indeed

[@quetzalcoatl3242]

You should also learn some Nahua culture. The way you approach to the people can be taken as rude specially to the elders.

[@mpforeverunlimited]

They know hes a gringo though

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

@@mpforeverunlimitedSo? Respect and manners are universal.

[@rodenrren2]

@@kilipaki87oritahitiactually they’re not

[@mtvta1981]

U people are too sensitive.

[@DarrenMoore-le6pg]

@lostpelican1883 This is very true. I don’t think he intentionally meant to be rude, but I also agree that whenever possible elders should always be respected and approached accordingly in regard to the culture in which one interacts. In some cultures it’s extremely important like in Japan. It’s less strict now but speaking casually to elders and higher ups is a definite no. The grammar is stratified in accordance to the social status and age to whom one is interacting with. When you know better you do better. If he interacts with them enough I think he will pick up on it or someone will tell him if it’s wrong.

[@MrCigarro50]

Thank you for your interes in our native language. I am 73 years old, mexican, and starting nahuatl classes. Thanks again. You do speak a perfect spanish. Thanks 3rd time.

[@Androlaxy1776]

That was such a fun conversation with the driver. That’s how you network.

[@angelreys7029]

As a Mexican I will make it a goal of mine to learn Nahuatl, the true Mexic language

[@BillytheKid213]

Mexica*❤️🤝🏻 also Aztec.

[@bleachedbrownsugarbabe3673]

Not every Mexican is Mexicah or Nahua in general. Being Mexican doesn’t mean you have native ancestry either. There are 68+ nations in Mexico not everyone is Nahua

[@BillytheKid213]

@bleachedbrownsugarbabe3673 yes they're. Not directly but somewhere down the line. If you can follow your blood lineage you'll see that they all come from the Aztecs.

[@saucytony4609]

@@bleachedbrownsugarbabe3673says the white people lol

[@MexicanOT-q8t]

​@@BillytheKid213 many Mexicans are white

[@onelove8062]

Aaay I was just biking thru La Huasteca. Now in Oaxaca trying to learn Zapoteco

[@mrhernandez739]

That's so dope brother, how did you learn?

[@SabbaticalTommy]

I used some free books and resources I found online, then found a teacher in Mexico. Not the most accesible language to learn but it's possible!

[@remmie_val7248]

@@SabbaticalTommy What are the books called i really want to learn this beautiful dialect of Aztec Nahuatl if you could let me know what the free books online are i would realllyy reallllyyy appreciate it I am a subscriber.!

[@theindigenist]

@@remmie_val7248 check out "The Nahuatl Channel" on KZbin

[@justo9564]

Hey dude, pretty impressive that your spanish comes with an argentinian/uruguayian accent! Dope Did you live here in buenos aires ?

[@musical_lolu4811]

He did. See his recent videos.

[@eugeniomorais7041]

I love Mexico. Sounds like rural Brazil.

[@Roobkii_Gaalkacyo]

I really enjoy your Video when you are in Tanzania speaking Swahili

[@iomyhousee5615]

Uzunaendeleaje Cassim? Ciamar a tha thu? Quejatza itztoc? See you there. Asante sana, tlazicamati.

[@BoskeLunarAncestral]

Where do you go to study nahuatl? Because I really want to learn! I’ve been watching KZbin to learn some stuff.

[@cali1014]

Thank you so much I appreciate your video !!

[@camino4680]

The people of country always are friendly

[@margaritat1899]

I'd love to learn along on your future trips❤

[@sheyanneqst3342]

such a beautiful language (:

[@bangun172]

a very quiet tour guide

[@JohSno]

I liked that as well.

[@pafsa0717]

Bro how many languages do you speak? I'm just amazed 👏 I have a dream now. Learn as many languages as I can 😁

[@Renone87]

The mans amazing I’ve lived in Mexico City and been to school to study yet I still can’t do it 🥲it broke my heart and dreams and I lost my wife who still it there

[@sokawai5]

Ye it's fun!

[@Sk0lzky]

He's the kinda guy that travels to Sweden and only learns Sami lmao

[@timppaUT]

Which Sami? There's several separate dialects of those too! Unfortunately I don't know any of them. Only word I know is "Oddasat" that's Sami language news on our TV. Well. Except all close loanwords that we share.

[@marcocisneros8966]

Now I feel like I wanna learn nahuatl my native language is Spanish though, English is my target language

[@laflor8720]

En mexico climas caliente y lugares frios deciertos selvas de todo existen. Playas de todo 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@califunkin]

Very cool

[@TheAcrylicAvenger]

I'm still trying to find out where the waterfalls were in the video.

[@JohSno]

That tiny stream, what "the waterfall"

[@marshhen]

It is true I smiled alot watching this. Amazing. Thanks for sharing it.

[@jonnyavila5641]

Any good books you recommend that I can read to learn my ancestors tongue ?

[@alexrazo6421]

There’s a Nahuatl book by Fermin herrera that you can use to start

[@carmenjones925]

You meet the rights person to practice . Lucky man

[@miguelthemoisturizer940]

i speak spanish fluently, would it be easy to learn nauatl?

[@xmb1jacky]

amazing video!

[@Michaelfinch-r1y]

Quick question I been doing Spanish for three years next year will be four years what the dialect for Northern Mexico 🇲🇽

[@officialVozie100]

Im 100% native american from mexico and canada and united states PYIALLI TLAZCOHMATI AND IXEHE THANK YOU IN MY TRIBES LANGUAGES IM ALSO APACHE NOT JUST AZTEC I AM FROM MANY TRIBES A RARE FULL BLOOD TYPE OF NATIVE AMERICANS

[@面白いね-s8f]

That's cool! I'm mixed Inuit, Mexica and Ojibwe/Anishinaabe with a bit of Japanese. It's really cool to find other natives. :)

[@officialVozie100]

@@面白いね-s8f Awesome much love ixehe for commenting 💯🌎🦅🥰

[@iomyhousee5615]

Ihehe for being here. Tonalti, quejatza itztoc? Yatehe? Looking forward to meeting you.

[@timppaUT]

How well other Uto-Aztecan speakers understand Nahuatl? Is it even close?

[@MexicanOT-q8t]

Nobody cares

[@JosearturoMendez-tg5tf]

Los sonidos de los violines! Es la huasteca ❤

[@aneuhmae932]

My family doesn't speak it but im interested in it because I was born in a town called Cuajinicuilapa which is in Nahuatl but I gotta learn spanish first😂family didnt teach me that😅

[@kocholawis1851]

Cuajuinicuilapa is actually an afromexican town, the name is in náhuatl (like most of the names in the towns in Mexico, even when they arent nahua, because mexica conquest) but náhuatl is not spoken there, the afromexican culture in the Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca is very rich by itself. :)

[@videovoer8130]

4:47 Why is that sign only in Spanish in a Nahuatl speaking area?

[@Kalifero619]

Senka cuali.. where did you learn cool video

[@chrisf247]

If you get your friend to dance, while you run, you might have a chance 😂

[@timppaUT]

Hmmm ... That must be a reason why boxers too dance? Both think it could be their last fight!? :D

[@element1192]

Nahuatl is such a pretty language

[@patograce26]

😍

[@zinknot]

Grabando is Nahuatle for filming?! I thought that's Spanish.

[@delmexica9380]

Hey sabbatical, can you please tell me what you used to learn nahautl, thanks!

[@misssilencedogood5968]

LOL This was Span-huatl. Half Spanish, half Nahuatl at least you found a teacher for Nahuatl. FYI Jorge is not Gregory in Spanish. Jorge is George in English. Gregory is Gregorio in Spanish. ;)

[@kathialandaverde]

We need teachers like the driver to teach Náhuatl

[@urbanart7325]

Where are you now? Back in the US?

[@emalca25]

Me encantan tus vídeos Chichi también es perro en Bribri un dialecto de Costa Rica 🇨🇷, es curioso, me encantaría aprender otros dialectos de América, como maya, y quechua, espero hacerlo algún día.

[@luciag.9792]

guauguau

[@josetrujillo738]

Awesome!

[@pctellez1206]

impresionante

[@ThaMidwestBrutha]

I met someone who said that the Algonquin language & the Mayan language is similar....he said to me: Inga Lache alache(I see you in me). I know I didn't spell it right but I remember the phrase....I thought he was a Blackman & he had the mayan nose & negro hair....it was interesting to me. Do you speak Algonquin...

[@aceboomer6884]

I wish I could speak my ancestors language both Comanche and Navajo from my mothers side of her family. My father’s ancestral language is Dutch and Scottish Gaelic. It would’ve been amazing to if I would’ve been able to known my 4 ancestral languages and with English it would’ve been 5 in total.

[@mellowj3llow69]

Theres a Comanche teaching school look it up

[@kzm-cb5mr]

You think that's the entirety of your ancestry?

[@carlosmoreno9094]

Saludos a Gregorio also ✌🏾

[@windows95_de]

Amazing

[@cipburgo7949]

Laughing 9:33 Balling Hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@laflor8720]

Wowwwww mis Respeto como puedes aprender la Lengua

[@eliasamador6008]

Muy buena práctica

[@vernicejillmagsino9603]

Did some other language speak only English not just the language of majority of Spanish

[@ewwitsantonio]

(Nahuatl) Grabando 🧐

[@leugiMOfthecross]

Este es el idioma que habla mi papa que vergüenza que no sepa hablarlo y tu si 😂

[@irvinzavala682]

En El Salvador también se abla nahuat

[@chetawitko7031]

Lena video kiŋ líla waštewičhawalake, philámayaye.👍💯 >>>----------> Me gustan mucho estos videos, gracias.👍💯

[@এহসানমাহমুদ]

BASED GRANDMA

[@iomyhousee5615]

Cuali tonali Tanya y Tanya. Здравствуй Тати, pialli Tanya. Ánimo Tatiana! Tlazocamati.

[@AlexanderMBlade]

?

[@-FALKOR]

🇺🇸🇺🇦❤🤍‬‬💙‬‬💛🌹🇮🇱‬‬🤍💙‬‬

[@grlee5048]

고대한국어=나와틀어 고구려, 부여 언어가 나와틀어에 남아 있다....!!!

[@alexanderlopez7348]

U go whiteeeee boy! Learning something to him that's unknown lmao

[@naumzu]

what is your friends tik tok!? I want to follow!

[@SabbaticalTommy]

Haha I was going to spam it but he's shy about sharing it, I'll ask

[@BillyJoeBob-tv6co]

Miak kualli, nechpaktia nokni, tlasocamate

[@Littlepotatochip117]

I hope you and the KZbin xiaomanyc do a video together someday ..

[@ARBueno100]

Kwakwaltsin :D

[@israelramirez8643]

Bonito bonito to Spanish; Nice, cool to English :)