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- 4 slots this week, across all three levels
- 2 to 5 students per class, all at your level
- Replay available the same evening, with no time limit
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Live classes every week, in small groups, at all three levels. The second beginner slot repeats the theme of the first: miss one, you still have the other.
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Progress in Nahuatl between classes, at your own pace
Interactive lessons with native audio, vocabulary, dialogues and quizzes. Everything you need to reinforce your skills between live sessions.
The platform
Between classes, you move forward twenty minutes a day
Lessons follow one another in order, with no evening to set aside. Every word is recorded by a native speaker.
- 175 lessons across 35 modules, from beginner to advanced
- Native audio on every word, with a slow-down button
- Your progress is kept, on phone and on computer alike
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You hear the language as it is actually spoken
The recordings are made by native speakers, not by a synthetic voice. The slow-down button separates the sounds when it goes too fast.
- Every sentence can be played and slowed down
- The transcription and translation sit under the audio
- You replay it as many times as you need, with no limit
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Every module ends with a quiz, not with a ticked box
You are corrected on the spot, with the explanation. A failed quiz can be retaken, with no penalty and no record.
- Immediate correction, with the right answer explained
- An end-of-level test opens the next level
- A level certificate at the end of the course
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Exactly what you'll find inside the platform: 35 modules, 175+ structured lessons, quizzes and exercises.
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Nahuatl Débutant
👋Les bases du nahuatl
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🌞Chiffres et cosmos aztèque
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👨👩👧👦Cencalli — La famille
- Tetahtzin , Les ancêtres10 min
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💪Tonacayo — Le corps
- Tzontecomatl ihuan Cuaitl , Tête10 min
- Maitl ihuan Icxitl , Main et pied10 min
- Yollotl ihuan Eltzotzol , Cœur et corps10 min
- Camatl ihuan Yacatl , Bouche et nez10 min
- Tonacayo , Récap du corps10 min
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🌽Tlacualli — La nourriture
- Tlaolli ihuan Tlaxcalli , Maïs et tortilla10 min
- Nacatl ihuan Michin , Viande et poisson10 min
- Xocolatl ihuan Cacahuatl , Chocolat et cacao10 min
- Ahuacatl ihuan Tomatl , Avocat et tomate10 min
- Tlacualiztli , Le repas10 min
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🥤Atlihuani — Les boissons
- Atl , L'eau10 min
- Atolli , Bouillie de maïs10 min
- Xocolatl ihuan Chocolatl , Le chocolat10 min
- Atlihuani , Récap boissons10 min
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🐾Yolcame — Les animaux
- Cuauhtli ihuan Ocelotl , Aigle et jaguar10 min
- Chichi ihuan Mazatl , Chien et cerf10 min
- Tototl ihuan Michin , Oiseau et poisson10 min
- Coatl ihuan Tecuani , Serpent et bête sauvage10 min
- Yolcame , Récap animaux10 min
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🏠Calli — La maison
- Calli , La maison aztèque10 min
- Tlatzacualoyan ihuan Tlanecuiloyan , Porte et fenêtre10 min
- Tlecuilli ihuan Tlapechtli , Foyer et lit10 min
- Ipan ihuan Itlan , Sur et sous10 min
- Calmecac , L'école10 min
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🏙️Altepetl — La cité
- Altepetl , La cité aztèque10 min
- Tianquiztli , Le marché10 min
- Otli ihuan Atoyatl , Chemin et rivière10 min
- Teopantli ihuan Tlatocan , Temple et palais10 min
- Tlalli , La terre10 min
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🌈Tlatlapayotl — Les couleurs
- Iztac ihuan Tliltic , Blanc et noir10 min
- Chichiltic ihuan Coztic , Rouge et jaune10 min
- Texotic ihuan Xoxoctic , Bleu et vert10 min
- Tlatlapayotl , Récap couleurs10 min
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📅Cahuitl — Le temps
- Tonalli ihuan Yohualli , Jour et nuit10 min
- Tonatiuh ihuan Metztli , Soleil et lune10 min
- Xihuitl ihuan Metztli , Année et mois10 min
- Axcan ihuan Mostla , Maintenant et demain10 min
- Cahuitl , Récap du temps10 min
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🗣️Hueyi tequiti — Verbes essentiels
- Cā , Être10 min
- Yauh , Aller10 min
- Huitz , Venir10 min
- Cua ihuan Atli , Manger et boire10 min
- Cochi ihuan Itta , Dormir et voir10 min
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🗨️Aoc tequitl — Plus de verbes
- Tlahtoa , Parler10 min
- Mati , Savoir10 min
- Nequi ihuan Tlazohtla , Vouloir et aimer10 min
- Chihua , Faire10 min
- Paqui , Être heureux10 min
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❓Tlatlaniliztli — Les questions
- Aquin ihuan Tlein , Qui et quoi10 min
- Canin ihuan Ihquin , Où et comment10 min
- Hayquech ihuan Iquin , Combien et quand10 min
- Tlatlaniliztli , Récap questions10 min
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📏Tlatlaltic — Adjectifs
- Hueyi ihuan Tepiton , Grand et petit10 min
- Cualli ihuan Ahmo cualli , Bon et mauvais10 min
- Chicahuac ihuan Yamanqui , Fort et tendre10 min
- Yancuic ihuan Huehueh , Neuf et vieux10 min
- Tlatlaltic , Récap adjectifs10 min
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🧭Tlamellahualoyan — Directions
- Tlauhcopa , L'est10 min
- Cihuatlampa , L'ouest10 min
- Mictlampa ihuan Huitztlampa , Nord et sud10 min
- Nican ihuan Ompa , Ici et là-bas10 min
- Tlamellahualoyan , Récap directions10 min
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🔢Tlapohualli — Nombres avancés
- Mahtlactli , Au-delà de dix10 min
- Cempohualli , Le compte de 2010 min
- Centzontli , Les grands nombres10 min
- Tlapohualli , Récap nombres10 min
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😊Yolcuiliztli — Émotions
- Paquiliztli , Le bonheur10 min
- Tlaocoyaliztli , La tristesse10 min
- Cualantli ihuan Mahuiztli , Colère et peur10 min
- Tlazohtla , L'amour10 min
- Yolcuiliztli , Récap émotions10 min
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🌦️Quiyahuitl — Météo et nature
- Quiyahuitl , La pluie10 min
- Ehecatl ihuan Tletl , Vent et feu10 min
- Xochitl ihuan Cuauhtli , Fleurs et arbres10 min
- Cemanahuac , Le monde10 min
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👤Tonomahuilli — Pronoms
- Nehhuatl ihuan Tehhuatl , Je et tu10 min
- Tehhuantin ihuan Amehhuantin , Nous et vous10 min
- No-, Mo-, I- , Les possessifs10 min
- Tonomahuilli , Récap pronoms10 min
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✉️Tlapaloliztli — Salutations avancées
- Cualli tonalli , Bonjour formel10 min
- Tlazohcamati , Merci et politesse10 min
- Ti-icniuhtin , Amis et famille10 min
- Tlapaloliztli , Dialogue complet10 min
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🔣Tlatzinpehualli — Suffixes
- -tzin , Le révérentiel10 min
- -pan ihuan -co , Sur et dans (lieu)10 min
- -liztli ihuan -ni , Action et agent10 min
- Tlatzinpehualli , Récap suffixes10 min
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🦅Aztecayotl — Culture aztèque
- Mexihca , Les Aztèques10 min
- In Xochitl In Cuicatl , La fleur, le chant10 min
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Héritage aztèque avancé
🌺Philosophie et poésie nahuatl
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🌺In Xochitl In Cuicatl — La fleur et le chant
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📜Cantares Mexicanos — Les grandes anthologies
- Les Cantares Mexicanos , Histoire et transmission18 min
- Les Romances de los Señores , Texcoco et sa cour17 min
- Syntaxe des cuicatl , Structures grammaticales avancées20 min
- Iya iya yyao , Les refrains rituels des cuicatl16 min
- Cuicapiqui , Le poète dans la société aztèque16 min
- + 3 more
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📖Codex Florentino — La grande encyclopédie aztèque
- Sahagún , Le premier ethnographe de l'Amérique18 min
- Huehuetlahtolli , La sagesse des anciens (Livre 6)20 min
- Toltecayotl pratique , Métiers dans le Codex Florentino17 min
- Tlahtoa in tlaticpac , La nature dans le Codex Florentino17 min
- Cempoalilhuitl , Les 20 fêtes du calendrier solaire18 min
- + 3 more
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🎶Cantares Mexicanos — Les chants de la mémoire
- Le manuscrit des Cantares Mexicanos18 min
- La langue des Cantares , style et rhétorique19 min
- Chalcacihuacuicatl , Le chant des femmes de Chalco20 min
- Yaocuicatl , Les chants de guerre des Cantares18 min
- Icnocuicatl , La poésie de la solitude et de l'exil17 min
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📢Huehuetlahtolli — La parole des anciens
- Huehuetlahtolli , Les discours des anciens18 min
- Les métiers nahuatl , Livre 10 du Codex Florentino17 min
- Le monde naturel , Livre 11 du Codex Florentino17 min
- Livre 12 , La conquête dans le Codex Florentino20 min
- Les dieux aztèques , Livre 1 du Codex Florentino18 min
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🐍Les dieux et la mythologie — Quetzalcóatl et Huitzilopochtli
- Quetzalcóatl , Le serpent à plumes de quetzal19 min
- Huitzilopochtli , Le dieu solaire des Aztèques18 min
- Tezcatlipoca , Le miroir fumant17 min
- Tlaloc et les Tlaloques , Les dieux de l'eau16 min
- Nahui Ollin , La cosmogonie des cinq soleils18 min
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🏙️Tenochtitlan — La capitale du monde mexica
- La fondation de Tenochtitlan , 132518 min
- Excan Tlahtoloyan , La Triple Alliance17 min
- Tianquiztli , Le grand marché de Tlatelolco17 min
- Calmecac et Telpochcalli , L'éducation aztèque17 min
- Moctezuma Xocoyotzin , Le dernier grand tlatoani18 min
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⚔️La Conquête — 1519-1521, Visión de los vencidos
- Les huit présages , Tetzahuitl avant la conquête18 min
- La rencontre , Cortés et Moctezuma, novembre 151919 min
- Noche Triste , La nuit de la déroute espagnole17 min
- Le siège de Tenochtitlan , mai-août 152118 min
- Lexique de la conquête , Nouveaux mots en nahuatl colonial17 min
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🔬Linguistique uto-aztèque — Morphologie et syntaxe C2
- Le système verbal nahuatl , Vue d'ensemble C219 min
- Les aspects verbaux , Présent, futur, passé et aspect progressif17 min
- Les directionnels nahuatl , hual-, on-, mo-, cen-17 min
- Suffixes verbaux dérivationnels , Causatif, applicatif, réflexif18 min
- Morphologie nominale avancée , Possession et composition17 min
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The curriculum
What you'll learn in Nahuatl
A curriculum designed to get you speaking Nahuatl in the situations that actually matter to you.
Start for free- 01Classical conversational Nahuatl and modern variants
- 02Polysynthetic morphology: incorporating objects into verbs
- 03Classical Nahuatl for Aztec history and archaeology
- 04Nahuatl words in Spanish and English: the everyday traces
- 05Aztec culture: Tenochtitlán, codices, solar calendar and rituals
- 06Nahuatl for research in Amerindian and Mesoamerican linguistics
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about learning Nahuatl
Yes, with 1.7 million speakers, Nahuatl is the most widely spoken Indigenous language in Mexico, ahead of Yucatec Maya. It is spoken in rural and semi-urban communities in the States of Mexico, Puebla, Veracruz, Hidalgo and Guerrero. Several dialectal variants exist (Classical Nahuatl, Huastec Nahuatl, Tabasco Nahuat, etc.) that can differ significantly. The Mexican government officially recognizes Nahuatl as a national language.
Yes, Classical Nahuatl (Classical Aztec) is the 16th-century variant documented by Franciscan friars and used for the Aztec codices and religious texts. Modern Nahuatl has evolved with Spanish loanwords and phonetic changes. For historians and archaeologists, Classical Nahuatl is indispensable. To communicate with contemporary Nahuatl communities, one of the modern variants is more appropriate. Our classes cover both depending on your needs.
More than you might think. Via Spanish, Nahuatl has given English: chocolate, tomato, avocado, chili (from Nahuatl 'chilli'), cacao, tamale, copal, axolotl, ocelot, coyote, and dozens of other words in the culinary, zoological and botanical fields. This knowledge turns learning Nahuatl into an experience of reconnecting with the hidden history of our everyday vocabulary.
Nahuatl is essential for Mesoamerican studies, history, archaeology, anthropology. The Aztec codices (Codex Borgia, Codex Mendoza, Florentine Codex), the writings of Bernardino de Sahagún, and the poems of King Nezahualcoyotl (the 'Poet King') are all in Classical Nahuatl. For a scholar of Mesoamerican culture, reading primary sources in Nahuatl is the difference between surface-level research and substantive work.
Nahuatl is a polysynthetic language, objects, subjects and circumstances are incorporated directly into the verb, creating complex 'sentence-words'. It is linguistically fascinating but demanding. For an English speaker, expect 12 to 18 months to reach B1 with regular lessons. For researchers targeting the Classical Nahuatl of the codices, a functional reading level is achievable in 8 to 12 months with focused work on source texts.
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