ulf . ▁▁ ▁The ▁P ip il ▁people ▁are ▁an ▁ind igen ous ▁people ▁who ▁live ▁in ▁western ▁El ▁Salvador . ▁Their ▁language ▁is ▁called ▁N ahu at ▁or ▁P ip il , ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁Tol te c ▁people ▁of ▁the ▁N ah ua ▁pe op les ▁and ▁were ▁speak ers ▁of ▁early ▁N ahu at l ▁languages . ▁However , ▁in ▁general , ▁their ▁myth ology ▁is ▁more ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁May a ▁myth ology , ▁who ▁are ▁their ▁near ▁neighb ors ▁and ▁by ▁or al ▁tradition ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁adopted ▁by ▁Ch ' ort i ' ▁and ▁Po q om am ▁May an ▁people ▁during ▁the ▁P ip il ▁ex od us ▁in ▁the ▁ 9 th ▁century ▁CE . ▁The ▁culture ▁last ed ▁until ▁the ▁Spanish ▁con quest , ▁at ▁which ▁time ▁they ▁still ▁maintained ▁their ▁N aw at ▁language , ▁despite ▁being ▁surrounded ▁by ▁the ▁May a ▁in ▁western ▁El ▁Salvador . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁Spanish ▁arrived , ▁P ip il ▁and ▁Po q om am ▁May a ▁settlement s ▁were ▁inter sp ers ed ▁throughout ▁western ▁El ▁Salvador . ▁The ▁P ip il ▁are ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁last ▁ind igen ous ▁civil ization ▁to ▁arrive ▁in ▁El ▁Salvador , ▁being ▁the ▁least ▁oldest ▁and ▁were ▁a ▁determined ▁people ▁who ▁st out ly ▁resist ed ▁Spanish ▁efforts ▁to ▁extend ▁their ▁domin ion ▁south ward . ▁The ▁P ip il ▁are ▁direct ▁descend ants ▁of ▁the ▁Tol te cs , ▁but ▁not ▁of ▁the ▁Az te