having a prominent role as a dominating power in early Mesoamerican history. Classification Uto-Aztecan (Other branches are outside Mesoamerica.) Corachol • Nayarit, Jalisco Huichol • 20,000 native speakers Cora • 15,000 Aztecan Nahuan 1,380,000 Pochutec – Coast of Oaxaca († EXTINCT) General Aztec (Nahuatl) Western periphery • Michoacán, Durango, Guerrero Eastern periphery • S Veracruz, N Oaxaca, Tabasco Huasteca • N Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo Center • México (state), Morelos, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Hidalgo Pipil Pacific coast of Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador Oto-Manguean Otopamean Otomian Otomi • Hidalgo, Guanajuato, N México (state), Querétaro • 350,000 Mazahua • Michoacán, W México (state) • 150,000 Pamean Chichimec • Guanajuato • Pame • San Luis Potosí, NW Hidalgo • 4200 Chichimeca Jonaz Matlatzinca-Ocuilteco Matlatzinca • SW México (state) • 3,000 Ocuilteco Chinantecan (perhaps closest to Otopamean) Chinantec • N Oaxaca • 100,000 Supanecan Tlapanec (Yopi) • Guerrero • 44,000 Subtiaba • Nicaragua, El Salvador • EXTINCT Manguean (perhaps closest to Supanecan) Chiapanec • Chiapas • EXTINCT Chorotegan • Honduras • EXTINCT Mangue • Nicaragua • EXTINCT Nicoyan • Costa Rica • EXTINCT Popolocan Mazatec • SE Puebla, N Oaxaca • 145,000 Ixcatec Popoluca • SE Puebla, NW Oaxaca • 37,000 Chocho Zapotecan languages (perhaps closest to Popolocan) Zapotec • Oaxaca • 500,000 Chatino• SW Oaxaca • 28,000 Soltec • Elotepec Oaxaca • EXTINCT Papabuco • Elotepec Oaxaca • EXTINCT Mixtecan Mixteco-Cuicateco Mixtec • E Guerrero, S Puebla, W Oaxaca • 500,000 Cuicatec • NE Oaxaca • 20,000 Trique• W Oaxaca • 19,000 Amuzgo (perhaps closest to Mixtecan) Amuzgo • E Guerrero, W Oaxaca • 20,000 Mixe–Zoquean Mixean E & W Mixe• E Oaxaca • 75,000 Olutec& Sayultec • S Veracruz • EXTINCT? Tapachultec • SE Chiapas • EXTINCT Zoquean Zoque languages • Tabasco, Chiapas, E Oaxaca • 35,000 Sierra Popoluca & Texistepec Popoluca • S Veracruz • 25,000 Chimalapa Totonacan Totonac • Puebla, Veracruz • 250,000 Tepehua • Hidalgo, Veracruz • 10,000 Tequistlatecan (Chontal) Huamelultec (Lowland Oaxaca Chontal) • SE Oaxaca • 1000 Tequistlatec EXTINCT ? Highland Oaxaca Chontal • 3600 Mayan Huastecan Huastec • N Veracruz, San Luis Potosí, NE Hidalgo • 120,000 Chicomuceltec • S Chiapas • EXTINCT Yucatecan Yucatec • Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Belize, N Guatemala • 750,000 Mopán • N Guatemala, Belize • 11,000 Itzá • N Guatemala • EXTINCT? Lacandón • Chiapas • 1000 Western Greater Tzeltalan Cholan Chol • Tabasco, Chiapas • 135,000 Chontal • Tabasco • 55,000