Nahuatl, Western Huasteca

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Náhuatl de la Huasteca Occidental, Náhuatl de Tamazunchale, Western Huasteca Aztec

Population

400,000 (1991 SIL).

Location

Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosí is center; Hidalgo. 1,500 villages.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Western Huasteca Náhuatl. 85% intelligibility between Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl [nhe] and Western Huasteca Nahuatl.

Typology

SVO; long words, affixes; nontonal

Language Development

Bible: 2005.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.