Huave, San Francisco del Mar
PrintA language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Huave del este
Population
620 (2000 census). 1 monolingual. Ethnic population: 3,900 (1990 census).
Location
Southeast coast, Oaxaca, Juchitán district, old and new San Francisco del Mar.
Language Maps
Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Dialects
38% intelligibility of San Mateo del Mar Huave [huv]. Most divergent variety of Huave. Only fishermen tested, who were familiar with other varieties.
Typology
Nontonal
Language Use
Youth also use Spanish [spa]. 2,000 to 3,000 in new San Francisco shifted from Huave to Spanish.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.