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Nahuatl, Western Huasteca

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: nhw

Population	400,000 (1991 SIL).
Region	Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosí is center; Hidalgo. 1,500 villages.
Language map	Mexico, reference number 33
Alternate names	Náhuatl de la Huasteca Occidental, Náhuatl de Tamazunchale, Western Huasteca Aztec
Dialects	Western Huasteca Náhuatl. 85% intelligibility between Eastern [nhe] and Western Huasteca Nahuatl. Separate literature needed for 100,000 in a Central dialect.
Classification	Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Aztec
Language development	Radio programs. Bible: 2004.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO; long words, affixes; nontonal. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BELLER, Patricia; BELLER, Richard, authors. 1976. Curso del náhuatl moderno: Náhuatl de la Huasteca, 1 and 2.

BELLER, Patricia; BELLER, Richard, authors. 1979. "Huasteca Nahuatl."  

BELLER, Patricia; BELLER, Richard, authors. 1979. "Rank of participants in Huasteca Nahuatl."  

BELLER, Patricia; BELLER, Richard, authors. 1979. "The house of palms: Huasteca Nahuatl."  

LANGACKER, Ronald W., editor. 1979. Modern Aztec grammatical sketches: Studies in Uto-Aztecan grammar 2.