Pipil people
The Nahua (academically referred to as Pipil) are an Indigenous group of Mesoamerican people inhabiting the western and central areas of present-day El Salvador. They speak the Nawat language, which belongs to the Nahuan language branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. There are very few speakers of the language left, which is a reason for the current efforts being made to revitalize it.
Nahua family in Sonsonate, El Salvador. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~12,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Western and central El Salvador | |
| El Salvador | Estimated 12,000 |
| Honduras | 6,388 |
| Languages | |
| Nawat (Nahuat), Salvadoran Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic) and Traditional Indigenous Customs | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Nahuas, Nicarao people, Lenca | |
Nahua cosmology is related to that of the Toltec, Maya and Lenca.
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