Huastec
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A language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Teenek, Tenek, Tének
Population
131,000 (2000 INALI).
Location
Veracruz state: 60 villages; San Luis Potosí state: 12 villages; Cerro Azul on southeast edge, Tepetzintla on south edge, Tantima on north edge, Santa María Ixcatepec on west edge; Amatlán Tuxpan, Galeana y Zaragoza Vieja, San Francisco Chontla, Tamiahua, and Tancoco; east of Huasteco Veracruz-Llave.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Dialects
San Luis Potosi Huastec (Potosino Huastec), Southeastern Huastec (Huasteco de San Francisco Chontla), Huasteco de Tantoyuca, Huasteco de Veracruz. Sociological factors require literature in Veracruz variety of Huastec.
Typology
SVO; short words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 52%. Newspapers. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1970–2005.
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Writing
Latin script [Latn].