Huave, Santa María del Mar
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A language of Mexico
Alternate Names
Huave del Oeste, Ombeayiüts
User Population
500 (1993 SIL). Total Huave speakers: 18,800 (2020 INEGI).
Location
Oaxaca state: Santa María del Mar; southeast coast.
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Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Dialects
None known. Very limited intelligibility of other Huave, although most similar to San Dionisio [hve].
Typology
Nontonal.
Language Use
Children do not grow up speaking Huave. But when they become adults they all learn it in order to function in the culture (2011 J. Williams). Adults only, and some semi-fluent children as L2 speakers. Shifting to Spanish [spa].