Huastec
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Huastec is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in northeastern Mexico, especially in parts of Veracruz and neighboring states.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Huastec people | 19 |
| Huastec canonical | 7 |
| Huastecan branch | 3 |
| Huasteco | 3 |
| Maya peoples | 3 |
| Eastern Huastec | 2 |
| Western Huastec | 2 |
| Chontal Maya | 1 |
| Huastec (Teenek) peoples | 1 |
| Huastec Maya | 1 |
| Huasteca Veracruzana | 1 |
| Huastecan | 1 |
| Wastek (Huastec) | 1 |
| Wastek (Huastec) branch | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Teenek de la Huasteca
ⓘ
Wasteko ⓘ |
| autonym |
Teenek
ⓘ
Wastek ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup |
Huastec
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Huastec Maya
|
| closelyRelatedTo | Chicomuceltec ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
Huastec oral tradition
ⓘ
Huastec traditional music ⓘ |
| endangeredStatusSource | UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ⓘ |
| geographicConcentration |
Huasteca Potosina
ⓘ
surface form:
Huasteca region
|
| glottocode | huas1242 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
La Huasteca Hidalguense
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Huastec
Huastec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Huastec
Huastec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western Huastec
|
| hasGrammaticalCategory |
aspect-marking
ⓘ
person-marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRegulator | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature | ergative alignment elements ⓘ |
| historicalSeparationFromOtherMayan | early split ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | hus ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Mayan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Mayan language family
|
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Mexican government as national language ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Huastec
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Huastec people
|
| spokenInCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | northeastern Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenInState |
Hidalgo
ⓘ
San Luis Potosí ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Huastec
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Huastecan branch
|
| usedInDomain |
everyday communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | bilingual education programs in Mexico ⓘ |
| wordOrder | VSO-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Maya peoples
this entity surface form:
Maya peoples
this entity surface form:
Wastek (Huastec) branch
this entity surface form:
Chontal Maya
this entity surface form:
Wastek (Huastec)
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Maya peoples
subject surface form:
Eastern Mexico
this entity surface form:
Huastec (Teenek) peoples
this entity surface form:
Western Huastec
this entity surface form:
Eastern Huastec
this entity surface form:
Huastec Maya
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huasteco
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Western Huastec
this entity surface form:
Eastern Huastec
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huasteco
this entity surface form:
Huastecan branch
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huastecan
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huastecan branch
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huastec people
this entity surface form:
Huasteco
this entity surface form:
Huastec people