Totlajtol, a digital repository of colonial documents in Nahuatl, is presented
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- Researchers from CUCSH, UdeG introduced Totlajtol, a digital repository of roughly 70 digitized Nahuatl documents from 1557 to 1782, covering areas in Nayarit, Zacatecas, Jalisco, Colima, and Michoacán.
- The repository preserves everyday life and speech, highlighted by the 1717 will of Agustina Sebastiana, which shows orality and challenges gender norms by documenting property ownership by women.
- It includes a special section for documents written or dictated by women, featuring works by female scribes (cihuatlamatlacuilos).
- Documents cover topics like trade, salt and cocoa commerce, and port relations, offering insights into post-invasion life.
- Totlajtol is part of a global 2022–2032 UN/UNESCO initiative to preserve and revitalize indigenous languages, providing free, organized access to historical materials.