Huastec language

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Mayan language Mesoamerican language indigenous language of the Americas

The Huastec language is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in the northeastern region of Mexico.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Huastec language canonical	7
Western Huastec Teenek	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mayan language ⓘ Mesoamerican language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ
alternativeName	Huastec ⓘ surface form: Huasteco Wastek language ⓘ
belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup	Huastec ⓘ
contactLanguage	Spanish ⓘ surface form: Spanish language
country	Mexico ⓘ
endangeredStatusSource	UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Gulf Coast of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Gulf Coast region of Mexico northeastern Mexico ⓘ
glottocode	huas1242 ⓘ
hasAncestralRelation	Proto-Mayan language ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	Huasteca culture ⓘ surface form: Huastec culture
hasDialect	Central Huastec ⓘ Huastec ⓘ surface form: Eastern Huastec Huastec ⓘ surface form: Western Huastec
hasFeature	complex verbal morphology ⓘ ergative alignment ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ head-marking morphology ⓘ verb-initial basic word order ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasLinguisticCode	Glottolog: huas1242 ⓘ ISO 639-3: hus ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage	Spanish language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalSystem	consonant inventory typical of Mayan languages ⓘ five-vowel system with length distinctions ⓘ
historicalRelation	diverged early from other Mayan languages ⓘ
iso639-3Code	hus ⓘ
isPartOf	Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ surface form: Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
isRecognizedBy	Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas ⓘ surface form: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI)
languageFamily	Mayan languages ⓘ surface form: Mayan language family
languageStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
legalStatus	national language of Mexico (alongside Spanish and other indigenous languages) ⓘ
nativeName	Teenek ⓘ
region	Huasteca Potosina ⓘ surface form: Huasteca region
spokenBy	Huastec ⓘ surface form: Huastec people
spokenIn	Mexico ⓘ San Luis Potosí ⓘ Tamaulipas ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ
subfamily	Huastecan branch of Mayan ⓘ
usedFor	everyday communication in Huastec communities ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

eastern Mexico → hasLanguage → Huastec language ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Mexico

La Huasteca Hidalguense → hasIndigenousLanguage → Huastec language ⓘ

Huasteca Potosina → languageSpoken → Huastec language ⓘ

Wastek → endonymFor → Huastec language ⓘ

Teenek → endonymFor → Huastec language ⓘ

Teenek → hasDialect → Huastec language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Huastec Teenek

Chicomuceltec → closelyRelatedTo → Huastec language ⓘ

Wasteko → alternateNameOf → Huastec language ⓘ