ABSTRACT
Classical Nahuatl, an Uto-Aztecan language, was the language of the Toltec and Aztec empires; immediately related languages are spoken today in Mexico by approx. 1.2 million speakers. Our knowledge of Classical Nahuatl comes primarily from several codices that were written with the assistance of Spanish missionaries (particularly Bernhardino de Sahagun) in the sixteenth century. In 1528 the first printed book, Annals of Tlatelolco, appeared in an orthography influenced by Spanish.
