By Grace L. The Aztecs were an extraordinarily developed people who spoke Nanautl. Nanautl was a language very much like Spanish. Today in Mexico and America, many of their words live on in adapted forms. For example, the English word tomato was tomatl in Nanautl. This language was straightforward and very basic to understand, because unlike English, the fundamentals set for words were followed easily. The Aztecs, an ancient civilization, learned to speak at a very young age. The clear content of the language is explained below.
There were 4 basic vowels: i, e, a, and o
The most common consonants were: p, t, l, r, n, k, m, ch, x, c, s, z, cu (or qu), y, hu, and p
You can see just how transparent it is to understand