Veracruz Teenek

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Veracruz Teenek is a regional variety of the Teenek (Huastec) Mayan language spoken by indigenous communities in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

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instanceOf Mayan language variety
language variety
contactLanguage Mexican Spanish
hasAlternativeName Veracruz Huastec NERFINISHED
Veracruzano Huasteco NERFINISHED
Veracruzano Teenek NERFINISHED
hasBasicWordOrder VOS
VSO
hasCodeStatus considered a dialect of Huastec in other classifications
considered a separate language in some classifications
hasEducationUse limited bilingual education programs
hasGlottocode huas1242
hasHistoricalOrigin Huastecan branch split early from other Mayan languages
hasISO639_3Code hva
hasLanguageFamily Mayan language family NERFINISHED
hasLanguagePolicyContext recognized as an indigenous language of Mexico
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
hasMorphologicalFeature ergative–absolutive alignment
rich verbal morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
glottalized consonants
hasPreservationEffort community-based language revitalization projects
documentation by linguists
hasRegion Huasteca region of Veracruz NERFINISHED
northern Veracruz NERFINISHED
hasSociolinguisticSituation increasing pressure from Spanish
hasSubfamily Huastecan branch
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Central Teenek NERFINISHED
San Luis Potosí Teenek NERFINISHED
languageOf indigenous communities in the Mexican state of Veracruz
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith K’iche’ NERFINISHED
Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED
sharesLexiconWith other Huastec (Teenek) varieties
spokenBy Huastec people NERFINISHED
Teenek people NERFINISHED
spokenByEthnicGroup indigenous communities in Veracruz
spokenInCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
spokenInState Veracruz NERFINISHED
subdivisionOf Huastec language NERFINISHED
Teenek language NERFINISHED
usedInDomain home and community communication
oral storytelling
traditional ceremonies

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Teenek de la Huasteca hasDialect Veracruz Teenek