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3 unusual facts about Pipil people


Pipil people

This exonym is from the closely related Nahuatl word -pil "son, boy" (Nahuatl is a dialect complex that includes languages and dialects of these such as Classical Nahuatl, Milpa Alta Nahuatl, Tetelcingo Nahuatl, Matlapa, Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuat, among others).

Cuisnahuat and Santo Domingo de Guzmán have the highest concentration of speakers.

They settled around the town of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, erecting Monument 4 at around the division between the Late and Terminal Classic.


Geography of Mesoamerica

During the Postclassic period, the area was again part of the Mesoamerican sphere, and was invaded by the Pipil and Nicarao, both speakers of Nahuatl, a dialect of the language of the Mexica.

Izalco

Its native Pipil peasants were led by Feliciano Ama, who was hanged by government troops on January 28.


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