Isthmus Nahuatl (Isthmus Nahuat; native name: melaꞌtájto̱l) is a Nahuatl dialect cluster spoken by about 30,000 people in Veracruz, Mexico.
It is spoken in the following Veracruzan communities:[2] The following description is that of Mecayapan dialect.
Stress on the second-last syllable of a word that does not end in l or r, and stress on the last syllable of a word that does end in l or r, is unmarked.
All other stress patterns are marked with an acute accent on the stressed vowel (á, é, í, ó).
The exclusive form is regularly derived from the first person singular ("I"), while the inclusive continues the suppletive first person plural of Classical Nahuatl.