Huastec

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
hus
Alternate Names
Tenek, Tének
Autonym
Teenek
User Population

169,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Veracruz state: 60 villages; San Luis Potosí state: 12 villages; Cerro Azul on southeast edge, Tepetzintla on south edge, Tantima on north edge, Santa María Ixcatepec on west edge; Amatlán Tuxpan, Galeana y Zaragoza Vieja, San Francisco Chontla, Tamiahua, and Tancoco; east of Huasteco Veracruz-Llave.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Mayan, Huastecan, Huastec
Dialects

San Luis Potosi Huastec (Potosino Huastec), Southeastern Huastec (Huasteco de San Francisco Chontla), Huasteco de Tantoyuca, Huasteco de Veracruz. Sociological factors require literature in Veracruz variety of Huastec.

Typology

SVO; short words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl [nhe]. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 52%. Newspapers. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1970–2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Huastec
Writing

Latin script [Latn].