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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, Richard and Patricia Beller. 1976-1979. Curso del náhuatl moderno: Náhuatl de la Huasteca, 1 and 2.

Beller, Richard and Patricia Beller. 1979. "Huasteca Nahuatl."  

Beller, Richard and Patricia Beller. 1979. "Rank of participants in Huasteca Nahuatl."  

Beller, Richard and Patricia Beller. 1979. "The house of palms: Huasteca Nahuatl."  

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