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- ↑ Highland Puebla Nahuatl (Zacapoaxtla) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Northern Puebla Nahuatl (Naupan) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Tenango Nahuatl (Zacatlán–Ahuacatlán–Tepetzintla) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) - ↑ Key, Harold & Mary R. (1953). The phonemes of Sierra Nahuat. International Journal of American Linguistics 19. pp. 53–56.
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