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 ...

Francisco Barragan had been grieving his mother’s death and subsequent sense of loneliness for nearly a year when his Aztec-language teacher offered a different perspective. From the basement of an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mexico City, Feb 23 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - Mexico City mayor Marcelo Ebrard wants all city employees, from hospital workers to bus drivers, to learn the Aztec ...

Researchers uncover signs of a written Uto-Aztecan language in Teotihuacan’s murals, linking the ancient city’s people to the Aztecs. Discover what they found. The origins of Teotihuacan’s inhabitants ...

And finally this hour, a portrait of Mexican-Americans in New York connecting with their Aztec heritage. NPR's Margot Adler has this story about their efforts to learn an endangered language. MARGOT ...

The play tells the story of the penultimate ruler of Mexico-Tenochtitlan called Cuitlahuac Cuitlahuac was the only ruler to defeat the Spanish conquistadors during the 'Victorious Night' battle in ...

10. Ehecatl: The Aztec God of Wind and Air Ehecatl (eh·heh·kah·tul), whose name simply means “wind” in Nahuatl (the Aztec language), was revered as the essential breath of life. As the Aztecwind god ...