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Retrieval

Each language has a unique historical and cultural trajectory that has been shaped over time.Indigenous languages and Spanish have infl uenced each other, enriching the repertoire of their expressions.

This inf uence is more notorious in Spanish, where many words from the Náhuatl, Zapoteca, Purépecha,and Maya languages have been incorporated. These words are present in everyday life and are used to name places, objects, and foods.

Here are some examples of words of Náhuatl origin:

These words have a meaning. Knowing their etymology (the study of the origin of words) allows

1. In community, with the help of your teacher, list words in your mother tongue that are used in Spanish, or Spanish words that come from an Indigenous language.

2. Answer the following questions in your notebook:a) What similarities do you find between both languages?b) What changes has your mother tongue undergone over time?

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BeatrizSaldana Peliez, CluDAD DE MExiCo


Places	objects	Foods
Chapultepec: From chapull ("grasshopper")and tepetl("hill or mountain").	Petate: From petatl ("the palm mat to sleep on").	Aguacate("avocado"): From ahuacatl ("testicle").
Chalco: From challi ("edge of the lake") and co ("place").	Chocolate: From xocoatl ("the cacao fruit or seed").	Chicle ("chewin gum"): From tzictli ("the tree from which chewing gum is extracted").


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