Teenek people

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The Teenek people are an indigenous Mesoamerican group, also known as Huastec or Wastek, with their own Mayan language and distinct cultural traditions centered in the Huasteca region of Mexico.

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Teenek language 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya people
Mayan language
Mesoamerican people
indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Huastec people NERFINISHED
Wastek people NERFINISHED
colonialHistory subject to Spanish colonization
cosmologyFeature veneration of mountains and springs
country Mexico
culturalPractice ritual offerings to earth and rain deities
syncretic Catholic-indigenous festivals
culturalRegion Mesoamerica NERFINISHED
demographicTrend rural to urban migration
ethnonymInOwnLanguage Teenek NERFINISHED
heritageProtection protected under Mexican indigenous rights law
historicalLanguageAncestor Proto-Huastecan NERFINISHED
languageFamily Mayan language family NERFINISHED
languagePolicyContext recognized by Mexican government as national language community
languageStatus vulnerable
locatedIn Huasteca region NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Teenek language NERFINISHED
preColumbianCivilization Huastec civilization NERFINISHED
primaryState Hidalgo NERFINISHED
San Luis Potosí NERFINISHED
Veracruz NERFINISHED
recognizedAs indigenous people of Mexico
region La Huasteca NERFINISHED
relatedGroup Maya peoples NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
indigenous Mesoamerican religion
subfamilyOf Huastecan languages NERFINISHED
traditionalCraft basketry
embroidery
pottery
textile weaving
traditionalDressFeature colorful skirts
embroidered blouses
traditionalInstrument huapanguera
jarana huasteca
violin
traditionalMusic Huasteco son NERFINISHED
traditionalSubsistence beans cultivation
chili cultivation
maize agriculture
small-scale animal husbandry
squash cultivation
UNESCOStatus vulnerable language community
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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