Travel to old Mexico. Uncover the linguistics behind the legend of La Malinche and the conquest of Montezuma's Aztecs!

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This video tells the history of the translators involved in major early events of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. See how Classical Nahuatl, Chontal Maya, Spanish and Montezuma's flowery Aztec poetry all contributed to political decisions that led to the fall of the Aztecs.


~ CREDITS, SOURCES & LOTS OF NOTES ~

Art, narration and animation by Josh from NativLang.
Some of the music, too (ending, light piano in the middle, Thoth's Pill bits).

Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com):
Our Story Begins, Path of the Goblin King v2

Music by Jason Shaw (audionautix.com):
Opus One, Sneaky Snooper, Quiet

Lots of notes plus credits for all outside images, fonts and sfx:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B...