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Originally Posted by wetibbe

The Aztecs and Uto-Aztecan people spoke native Nahuatl up to the Spanish arrival in 1519 and were Mesoamerican Indians. The Mesoamerican Indians were located around present day Mexico City.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl

Language is learned, genes are inherited. A common language is not an indication of common ancestry, nor is mutual unintelligibility an indication of genetic distance.

The Uto Aztecan Languages from what is now the Western United States to What is now southern Mexico. To confuse Nahuatl as the Uto Aztecan language is like saying that English is the Indo European Language, which is wrong.

Something to be painfully reminded of the next time you need some sado masochistic customer dis - service and are connected with an incomprehensible "Steve" who is speaking from India.

As well, I'm reminded of the goofy claim that since there is a place name in the southwest US of "Aztec", it is proof that Aztlan was in the Southwest United States, or the even goofier notion that since "Michigan" sounds like "Michoacan", the Aztec Empire extended into Canada.

[Aztec ruins National Monument] http://www.americansouthwest.net/new..._monument.html

Spoken throughout the western US and Mexico, the Uto-Aztecan languages include:

# Northern Uto-Aztecan Languages

# Numic Languages


# Central Numic Languages

# Comanche
# Panamint
# Shoshone
# Southern Numic Languages
# Chemehuevi
# Kawaiisu
# Southern Paiute (Ute)
# Western Numic Languages
# Mono
# Northern Paiute (Bannock)

# Takic Languages

# Cupan Languages

# Cahuilla
# Cupeno
# Juaneno
# Luiseno
# Serran Languages
# Kitanemuk
# Serrano
# Gabrielino
# Tataviam
# Hopi
# Tubatulabal

# Southern Uto-Aztecan Languages

# Aztecan Languages

# Nahuatl
# Pipil
# Pochutec
# Taracahitic Languages
# Guarijio
# Mayo
# Opata
# Tarahumara
# Yaqui
# Tepiman Languages
# Pima Bajo
# Tepehuan
# Tohono O'odham
# Corachol Languages
# Cora
# Huichol
# Tubar


http://www.native-languages.org/famuto.htm