Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Spoken in Hidalgo, northern Puebla and northern Veracruz, Mexico
Native speakers 410,000  (1991)
Language family
Uto-Aztecan
Writing system Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nhe
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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl is a Nahuatl variety spoken by about 410,000 people (as of 1991)[1] in the eastern part of the region of La Huasteca in Mexico, spread over 1,500 villages[1] in the state of Hidalgo, the northern part of Veracruz and the extreme north of Puebla.[2]

According to SIL's Ethnologue, there is 85% mutual intelligibility between Eastern and Western Huasteca Nahuatl. 50% of Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl speakers know no Spanish.[1]

Contents

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
High i iˑ
Mid-high e eˑ
Mid-low o oˑ
Low a aˑ

Consonants

Labial Apical Postalveolar Velar Glottal
Unrounded Rounded
Stop p t k kʷ ʔ
Affricate ts tʃ
Lateral affricate tɬ
Fricative s ʃ h
Liquid l, r
Nasal m n
Semivowel w j

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Ethnologue.
  2. ^ Kimball: p. 196.

References

See also