Nahuatl, the language of the ancient Aztec civilization spoken today by the Nahua people in southern Mexico, has made a surprisingly profound impact on several languages, including English and Spanish ...

According to tradition, the Aztec god of the sun and war, Huitzilopochtli (whose name in Náhuatl means "left-handed hummingbird" or "hummingbird of the south"), commanded the Aztecs to leave their ...