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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Mexico > Huave, Santa María del Mar

Huave, Santa María del Mar

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3hvv

Population  500 (1993 SIL).
Region  Southeast coast, Oaxaca, Santa María del Mar.
Language map  Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 120
Dialects  Very limited intelligibility of other Huave, although most similar to San Dionisio [hve].
Classification  Huavean
Language use  Children learn Spanish first, but learn Huave by adulthood, because adults speak Huave.
Comments  Nontonal. Fishermen.