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 Nahua family in Sonsonate, El Salvador. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~12,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Western and central El Salvador | |
 El Salvador | Estimated 12,000[1] |
 Honduras | 6,388 |
| Languages | |
| Nawat (Nahuat), Salvadoran Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic) and Traditional Indigenous Customs | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Nahuas, Nicarao people, Lenca | |
The Pipil are an indigenous group of Mesoamerican people inhabiting the western and central areas of present-day El Salvador. They are a subgroup of the larger Nahua ethnic group. They speak the Nawat language, which is a closely related but distinct language from the Nahuatl of Central Mexico. There are very few speakers of Nawat left, but there are efforts being made to revitalize it.
At the time of the Spanish conquest, the Pipil were also present around Escuintla, Guatemala and in various parts of Honduras. They are also closely related to the Nicarao people of Nicaragua. The Nawat language has already gone extinct in these countries, but there is a small population of acculturated Nahuas in eastern Honduras.
Their cosmology is related to that of the Toltec, Maya and Lenca.[2]
- ^ "Pipil in El Salvador".
- ^ Boland, Roy (17 October 2017). Culture and Customs of El Salvador. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313306204. Retrieved 17 October 2017 – via Google Books.