MSN Database · Learn Modern Standard Nahuatl

Flor y Canto Nahuatl

In xochitl in cuicatl — The flower, the song

Flor y Canto Nahuatl now converges on two deliverables: a validated Modern Standard Nahuatl database, and Learn Modern Standard Nahuatl, the learner book that teaches MSN for reading, writing, prose, and poetry while preserving register discipline.

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Database · Validation · Learner book

The project has one practical convergence point: a validated Modern Standard Nahuatl database and the final learner book, Learn Modern Standard Nahuatl. The database is the source of truth for forms, registers, source notes, examples, grammar decisions, and validation status. The book is the public synthesis that teaches people to read, write, publish, and compose in MSN responsibly.

For Reviewers & Linguists

Validate the system, not a sample.

Reviewers are being asked to validate the whole MSN standard: orthography, register boundaries, grammar, headwords, examples, prose readiness, poetic readiness, and learner-book readiness. The reviewer packet explains what we built, how we got here, and what decisions are needed.

Open reviewer care package
For Nahuatl Speakers & Learners

The end product is a book you can learn from.

The final book, Learn Modern Standard Nahuatl, should teach MSN as a usable written language: how to read it, write paragraphs, write short books or prose, understand register labels, and begin poetry or literary work without blurring MSN with spoken EHN or classical citation forms.

Read the MSN target
For Developers & Builders

Build against the canonical MSN database.

The source-of-truth SQLite database is the Phase 8.6 primer database, with 37,146 entries, register labels, source tracking, primer data, and review status. Build dictionary tools, validation dashboards, learning apps, or book-production workflows from that canonical artifact.

Download canonical DB
For Educators & Curriculum Builders

The curriculum feeds the final book.

The instructional track supplies learner sequencing, primer vocabulary, assessments, and model patterns. Its job is now to feed Learn Modern Standard Nahuatl once the database and reviewer decisions are stable enough for public teaching.

See the curriculum

The Three-Layer Framework

Speech · Writing · Literature

Spoken Foundation

EHN

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl. The living spoken base drawn from community speech. All pronunciation, phonology, and conversational register grounded here.

Written Standard

MSN

Modern Standard Nahuatl. The neutral written reference norm for education, publishing, governance, and formal communication. Clear, consistent, teachable.

Poetic Register

MSN-P

The elevated literary register for poetry, song, ceremony, and public oratory. Classical resonance with modern clarity. Where the language creates, not just communicates.

The Data

Open · Structured · Provenance-tracked

37,146
Master Lexicon Entries
44,900
Lexicon Variants
1,008
Primer Items
100
Lesson Units
28,709
Siméon Entries
8,465
Wiktionary Rows
19,549
UD Treebank Tokens
60,663
Classical Text Blocks

The data layer is now organized around one canonical SQLite database for MSN validation and publication. It merges historical and contemporary sources, preserves provenance, tracks registers, exposes review status, and supports the final learner book.

Earlier databases remain useful build snapshots. The canonical source of truth is the Phase 8.6 primer database at the normalized S3 database path.

Instructional Track

Open · Bilingual · Proficiency-Mapped

100
Lesson Units
32
Core Curriculum Units
1,008
Primer Vocabulary Items
160
Assessment Items

The instructional pipeline turns EHN lesson evidence into staged learner material and MSN-facing primer infrastructure. It keeps spoken instruction, written standardization, and register labeling connected instead of letting them drift apart.

Its practical role is to feed Learn Modern Standard Nahuatl: sequence lessons, select public-safe vocabulary, generate exercises, and support examples that are validated against the source-of-truth database.

A1 — Beginner

Alphabet, greetings, questions, names, numbers, colors, basic verbs, possessives, diminutives, household vocabulary, food, fields, conditional, non-specific objects.

A2 — Elementary

Professions, past tense (three parts), city navigation, colors and numbers in context. Building toward independent sentence production.

B1–B2 — Intermediate

Intransitive and transitive verbs, time division, family, appearance, reflexives, likes/dislikes, imperatives, market language, illness vocabulary, cleansing ceremonies.

Governance Documents

Constitutional framework · Version 0.1

MSN Convergence Target
The current target: one validated MSN database and the final learner book, Learn Modern Standard Nahuatl.
Founding Charter
Identity, mission, principles, and governing rules of FCN. Version 0.1, adopted March 25, 2026.
Register Charter
The official register system: ten statuses, domain assignments, conversion principles, publication rules.
Mission Statements
One-sentence, one-paragraph, one-page, and website versions of the FCN mission.
Core Premises
The non-negotiable assumptions and constraints that govern all project decisions.
Success Criteria
Measurable milestones for versions 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 of the FCN framework.

Resources

Database · Reviewer packet · Book plan

GitHub Project Repository

The current FCN/MSN repository: source data, database manifests, MSN system exports, reviewer care package, and the Learn Modern Standard Nahuatl plan.

Canonical MSN Database

Direct S3 download for the Phase 8.6 source-of-truth SQLite database used for MSN validation and learner-book planning.

Reviewer Care Package

Concrete review assignment: input for reviewers, exact material to judge, SQL queries, and required output templates.

Review Output Template

The CSV decision log reviewers should return, with review IDs for database, orthography, registers, lexicon, grammar, examples, prose, poetry, and the learner book.

Learn Modern Standard Nahuatl Plan

The end-of-process learner book plan: what the book must teach, what it depends on, and what validation must happen first.

Database Artifact Manifest

Checksums, S3 database prefix, and source-of-truth notes for the oversized SQLite artifacts.

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