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The image contains text written in the Nahuatl language.
Nahuatl is a group of related languages and dialects of the Nahuan (traditionally called "Aztecan") branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Collectively they are spoken by an estimated 1.5 million Nahua people, most of whom live in Central Mexico. All Nahuan languages are indigenous to Mesoamerica.
It was the language of the Aztec, who dominated what is now central Mexico during the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology (1200–1519 A.D.).
A number of English words have been borrowed from Nahuatl through Spanish. Two of the most prominent are undoubtedly chocolate (from xocolātl) and tomato (from Nahuatl tomatl). Other common words such as coyote (from Nahuatl coyotl) and chile or chili (from Nahuatl chilli). Some other English words from Nahuatl are: Aztec, (from aztecatl); cacao (from Nahuatl cacahuatl 'shell, rind') and ocelot (as in Revolver Ocelot, from ocelotl).
