Wastek language
E860723
Wastek language is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people of northeastern Mexico, particularly in the states of San Luis Potosí and Veracruz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wastek language canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Huastecan language
ⓘ
Mayan language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Huastec language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Teenek NERFINISHED ⓘ Tének ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Chicomuceltec language (extinct) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Huastec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Huasteca region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern San Luis Potosí ⓘ northern Veracruz ⓘ |
| glottocode | huas1242 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Central Wastek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Wastek NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Wastek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | hus ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Western Mayan–Huastecan split branch (Huastecan side) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan language family ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Mexican government as a national language ⓘ |
| regulatingBody | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Huastec people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | northeastern Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenInState |
San Luis Potosí
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Veracruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Huastecan branch of the Mayan family ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ head-marking ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral literature of the Huastec people
ⓘ
traditional Huastec rituals ⓘ |
| wordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.