Central Huastec
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Central Huastec is a primary regional variety of the Huastec Mayan language spoken by indigenous communities in the Huasteca region of Mexico.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Central Huastec Teenek | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Huastec language variety
ⓘ
Mayan language variety ⓘ indigenous language variety ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnicGroup | Huastec people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Central Huasteco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Wastek NERFINISHED ⓘ Huasteco central NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Huastecan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Mayan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| hasDomain | indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ |
| hasISOStatus | covered by Huastec macrolanguage ⓘ |
| hasLanguageType | living language ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticClassification | Mayan > Huastecan > Huastec > Central Huastec ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalization
ⓘ
vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasScriptUsage | Latin alphabet in educational and religious materials ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | bilingualism with Spanish is common ⓘ |
| hasUsageStatus | community language in rural areas ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Huastec varieties to a significant degree ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | some bilingual education programs ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Huastecan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Huastec language continuum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Huastecan branch ⓘ Mayan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | states of San Luis Potosí and Veracruz ⓘ |
| spokenBy | indigenous Huastec communities ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Huasteca region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Huastec language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional cultural practices ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Central Huastec Teenek