The descendant of the ancient Aztec language is one of many endangered indigenous languages. Although there may still be a million speakers of Nahuatl, it is not being transmitted to a new generation.

David Vazquez, center, hosted a Nahuatl exhibition in 2017 at the Episcopal Church of the Messiah in Santa Ana. (Courtesy of Episcopal Church of the Messiah) Francisco Barragan had been grieving his ...

A trend has emerged in New Mexico prisons that utilizes an ancient language and has concerned officials.Inmates are using the Aztec language to talk in code, officials said.The State Corrections ...

San Diego State will soon offer course on the language of the Aztecs. Meghan Burk said the announcement comes a month after an advisory group to the university's president voted to discontinue use of ...

It’s the language that gave us the words for chocolate and tomato, with sounds whose “i” hum lingers in listeners’ ears. Now a small group of New Yorkers wants to make sure the enigmatic-sounding ...

San Diego State is reviving a course on the indigenous Aztec language, Nahuatl, next semester. The announcement comes as faculty and students revive a decade-long debate on campus about the ...

Not a native speaker, Shama learned the Aztec language with the help of a language coach and professor ahead of the audition. “We’re living in a very sensitive moment right now,” she says, according ...