Mexicanero is the

Nahuan language The Nahuan or Aztecan languages are those languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family that have undergone a sound change, known as Whorf's law, that changed an original *t to before *a. Subsequently, some Nahuan languages have changed this to ...

spoken by the

Mexicanero people The Mexicaneros are an Indigenous people of Durango and Nayarit, Mexico. They are one of the 62 original cultures of Mexico. They speak the Mexicanero language, a variety of the Nahuatl Nahuatl ( ; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by so ...

of southern

Durango Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country. With a population of 1,832,650 ...

and northern

Nayarit Nayarit, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Nayarit, 20 municipalit ...

. It has around 1000 speakers in the remote towns of San Pedro Jícora and San Juan Buenaventura in the

Mezquital Mezquital is a municipality in the Mexican state of Durango. The municipal seat lies at San Francisco del Mezquital. The municipality covers an area of 7,196.5 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 33,396, up from 30, ...

municipality, Durango, where they coexist with speakers of Low Southern

Tepehuán The Tepehuán are an Indigenous people of Mexico. They live in Northwestern, Western, and some parts of North-Central Mexico. The Indigenous Tepehuán language has three branches: Northern Tepehuan language, Northern Tepehuan, Southeastern Tepe ...

, and some 300 speakers in the

Acaponeta Acaponeta is both a municipality and a town in the northern part of the Mexican state of Nayarit. The town is located at the geographical coordinates of . The population of the municipality was 34,665 in the 2005 census, living in a total area of ...

municipality of Nayarit. There are significant differences between the varieties of San Pedro Jícora on the one hand and San Agustín Buenaventura and Nayarit on the other. The language is vibrant and spoken by adults and children. Mexicanero is one of the peripheral

Nahuatl languages The Nahuan or Aztecan languages are those languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family that have undergone a sound change, known as Whorf's law, that changed an original *t to before *a. Subsequently, some Nahuan languages have changed this to ...

. It uses the ''-lo'' suffix to express plurality of subject. Due to the loss of certain syllables it has acquired phonemic stress.

References

Nahuan languages Nahuatl, Mexicanero Nahuatl, Mexicanero Nahuatl, Mexicanero Nahuatl, Mexicanero {{Uto-Aztecan languages