ma:ce:hualli

[Michael Mccafferty]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Michael Mccafferty wrote:

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> Ref: Dr. Kartunnen
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> > Once the great lords of preconquest times had been brought low, there was
> > gradually less and less distinction between real ma:ce:hualtin and honorific
> > ones.  Once everybody had been made subjects of the Spanish king and the
> > Christian God, ma:ce:hualli came to mean 'indigenous person' (even used by
> > Nahuatl-speakers to refer to other indigenous peoples besides themselves)
> > and also 'speaker of Nahuatl.'  Besides Mexicano, another name in use for
> > Nahuatl among its speakers is ma:ce:huallahto:lli (< ma:ce:hual- plus
> > tlahto:lli 'speech").
>
> Se dice: nitlahtoah macehualcopa, 'hablo mexicano'

Michael, that's actually /nitlahto:a' ma:ce:hualcopa/


Best,

Michael


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