ISO 639-3 · pplppl
Uto-Aztecan family
Pipil
Nawat
Pipil is a language of the Nahuan languages branch (Uto-Aztecan), spoken in El Salvador. Wikidata counts about 1,135 speakers (2024). Wikidata describes it as “language of Central America”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ppl- Glottocode
pipi1250- Family
- Uto-Aztecan
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Centre point
- 13.67, -89.28
- Wikipedia
- 20 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Pipil · Nawat |
|---|---|
| Also called | Nicarao, Pipil language, Náhuat, Pipil |
| All speakers | 1,135 (2024) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uto-Aztecan to Pipil
The branches above Pipil, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
