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Q.Guess how many syllables the longest word in Náhuatl has that we’ve come across -
A. 24 (and 64 letters)! the word is -
itlaçomahuizÇenquiscatlaçomahuizqualtilispepetlaquilisXayacatzinLouise Burkhart’s translation is “[his] precious, wondrous, utterly precious, wondrous, good, and shining face” and refers to the face of the newborn baby Jesus. It comes from a Nahuatl drama titled
The Three Kings. The reference is from Barry Sell and Louise Burkhart, eds.
Nahuatl Theater, Vol. 1, 2004.
Many thanks to Ben Leeming from the University at Albany, USA, for flagging this up...