Teenek
E311805
Teenek is the endonym used by the Huastec people for their own Mayan language spoken primarily in northeastern Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teenek canonical | 6 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Huastecan language
ⓘ
Mayan language ⓘ indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Huastec
ⓘ
Wastek ⓘ |
| autonym | Teenek self-link ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endonymFor | Huastec language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Huastec
ⓘ
surface form:
Huastec people
|
| hasDialect |
Central Huastec
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Huastec Teenek
Huastec language ⓘ
surface form:
Western Huastec Teenek
|
| hasGlottocode | huas1242 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | hus ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryBody |
Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
ⓘ
surface form:
Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI)
|
| hasWordOrder | VOS-dominant word order ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Huastec
ⓘ
surface form:
Huastecan
|
| languageFamily |
Mayan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Mayan language family
|
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesoamerican linguistic area
ⓘ
surface form:
Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
|
| recognizedBy | Mexican government as a national language ⓘ |
| region | states of San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, and Hidalgo (Mexico) ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Huastec
ⓘ
surface form:
Huastec people
|
| spokenIn | Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
Huasteca Potosina
ⓘ
surface form:
Huasteca region
northeastern Mexico ⓘ |
| subfamily | Huastecan branch of the Mayan family ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication in Huastec communities
ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.