Huave, Santa María del Mar
PrintA language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Huave del oeste
Population
500 (1993 SIL).
Location
Southeast coast, Oaxaca, Santa María del Mar.
Language Maps
Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Dialects
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). Children learn Spanish first, but learn Huave by adulthood, because adults speak Huave.
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten.