Finally, we are thrilled to have enjoyed the technical genius of Ginny White, R. Jamil Jonna, and Len Hatfield, among other outstanding employees, and generous accounting assistance from Teodoro Reyes-Ramrez at the Center for Equity Promotion and numerous student assistants at the University of Oregon. Nahuatl does not contain particularly difficult sounds, and the sound contrasts are for the most part easily represented in Roman letters. It is still spoken today by approximately 1.5 million people, or 1.7% of the total population of Mexico, many of whom call their language Mexicano (Meh-shee-KAH-noh). Even without Nahuatl, we can understand this insight that everything must be broken to be made truly whole. These lessons teach basic Nahuatl largely by means of examples. Appendix C includes words that the OED says might involve a Nahuatl origin, but for which I find some specific reason to doubt a connection to Nahuatl. This isn't important to understanding, though, and it can be pronounced like an English l without introducing confusion.