Nantzin Paula López, Náhuat speaker, Santo Domingo de Guzmán - El Salvador

MAURICIO KABISTAN | EL SALVADOR
1980, Nicaragua. Lives and works in El Salvador

Without title, 2014, sound installation
Courtesy: Colectivo Tzuntecun Ejecat

Ethnic group: Nahua Pipil
Language: Nawat
Location: El Salvador

Recorded in “La Casa de Al Lado”, San Salvador
Recording: Federico Krill
Speaker: Werner Hernández
Translation: Werner Hernández
Edition: Mauricio Kabistan

This recording is a reflection on the Nawat language of El Salvador and the massacre of 1932, narrated by Werner Hernández. Hernández, member of the Tzuntecun Ejecat Collective, is a native speaker of nawat and lives in the city of San Salvador. He has done research for more than 15 years on the nawat language in El Salvador in order to familiarize the younger generation with the language.