Huastec

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Huastec is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in northeastern Mexico, especially in parts of Veracruz and neighboring states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language of Mexico
alternateName Teenek de la Huasteca
Wasteko
autonym Teenek
Wastek
belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Huastec Maya
linked to: Huastec
closelyRelatedTo Chicomuceltec
continent North America
culturalAssociation Huastec oral tradition
Huastec traditional music
endangeredStatusSource UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
geographicConcentration Huasteca region
linked to: Huasteca Potosina
glottocode huas1242
hasDialect Central Huastec
Eastern Huastec
linked to: Huastec

Western Huastec
linked to: Huastec
hasGrammaticalCategory aspect-marking
person-marking on verbs
hasLanguageRegulator Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Spanish
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
glottalized consonants
hasTypologicalFeature ergative alignment elements
historicalSeparationFromOtherMayan early split
iso639-3Code hus
languageFamily Mayan language family
linked to: Mayan languages
languageStatus vulnerable
morphologicalType agglutinative language
recognizedBy Mexican government as national language
spokenBy Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
spokenInCountry Mexico
spokenInRegion northeastern Mexico
spokenInState Hidalgo
San Luis Potosí
Veracruz
subfamily Huastecan branch
linked to: Huastec
usedInDomain everyday communication
oral literature
traditional rituals
usedInEducation bilingual education programs in Mexico
wordOrder VSO-dominant
writingSystem Latin script

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Veracruz hasRegion Huasteca Veracruzana
linked to: Huastec
Veracruz hasIndigenousPeople Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Spanish conquest of Guatemala mainAdversary Maya peoples
linked to: Huastec
Mayan languages usedBy Maya peoples
linked to: Huastec
Mayan languages hasSubfamily Wastek (Huastec) branch
linked to: Huastec
Mayan languages includesLanguage Chontal Maya
linked to: Huastec
Mayan languages includesLanguage Wastek (Huastec)
linked to: Huastec
Hidalgo hasCulturalGroup Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Republic of Yucatán hasEthnicGroup Maya peoples
linked to: Huastec
Eastern Mexico hasIndigenousGroup Huastec (Teenek) peoples
subject linked to: eastern Mexico
linked to: Huastec
Huastec subfamily Huastecan branch
linked to: Huastec
Huastec spokenBy Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Huastec hasDialect Western Huastec
linked to: Huastec
Huastec hasDialect Eastern Huastec
linked to: Huastec
Huastec belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Huastec Maya
linked to: Huastec
indigenous peoples of Mexico majorEthnicGroup Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Gulf Coast regions historicallyInhabitedBy Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
La Huasteca Hidalguense hasIndigenousHeritage Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Chichimeca peoples neighboringCulture Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Huasteca Potosina ethnicallyAssociatedWith Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Huastec language alternativeName Huasteco
linked to: Huastec
Huastec language spokenBy Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Huastec language hasDialect Western Huastec
linked to: Huastec
Huastec language hasDialect Eastern Huastec
linked to: Huastec
Wastek endonymFor Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Wastek hasAlternativeName Huastec
Wastek hasAlternativeName Huasteco
linked to: Huastec
Wastek hasSubfamily Huastecan branch
linked to: Huastec
Wastek ethnicGroupOf Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Wastek languageOfEthnicGroup Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Teenek spokenBy Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Teenek alsoKnownAs Huastec
Teenek languageBranch Huastecan
linked to: Huastec
Teenek ethnicGroup Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Chicomuceltec subfamily Huastecan branch
linked to: Huastec
Wasteko alternateNameOf Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Wasteko hasNameVariant Huastec
Wasteko ethnonymFor Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Wasteko languageOf Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Teenek de la Huasteca spokenBy Huastec people
linked to: Huastec
Teenek de la Huasteca alternateName Huasteco
linked to: Huastec
Teenek de la Huasteca ethnicGroup Huastec people
linked to: Huastec