Western Huasteca Nahuatl

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Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Spoken in: México (Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí)
Total speakers: 400,000 (1991 SIL)
Language family: American
 Uto-Aztecan
  Southern Uto-Aztecan
   Aztecan
    General Aztec
     Aztec
      Western Huasteca Nahuatl 
Writing system: Latin alphabet 
Official status
Official language in: None
Regulated by: none
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: nlv
ISO 639-3: nlv – 

Western Huasteca Nauatl is a native American language spoken in central northern México. Also known as Western Huasteca Aztec, Náhuatl de Tamazunchale, Náhuatl de la Huasteca Occidenta. It has 85% intelligibility between Eastern and Western Huasteca Nahuatl. There is a dialect called Ixhuatlancillo Nahuatl. Some bible portions have been translated into it and there are also radio programs in this tongue. [1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Ethnologue, Western Huasteca Nauatl, retrieved May 25, 2007