Nahuatl, Eastern Huasteca
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A language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Eastern Huasteca Aztec, Huasteca Nahuatl, Mexicano, Náhuatl de Hidalgo, Náhuatl de la Huasteca Oriental, nāhuatlahtōlli
Population
410,000 (1991 SIL). All Nahuatl variety speakers: 1,740,000.
Location
Hidalgo state; Puebla state: Fransico Z. Mena municipality; Veracruz state: interior west of Tuxpan. 1500 villages.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Dialects
Southeastern Huasteca Nahuatl. 85% intelligibility between Eastern and Western Huasteca Nahuatl [nhv].
Typology
SVO; long words, affixes; nontonal.
Language Use
Used as L2 by Huastec [hus].
Language Development
Radio. Bible: 2005.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].