Western Huasteca Nahuatl | |
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Spoken in | México (Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí) |
Native speakers | 400,000 (1991) |
Language family |
Uto-Aztecan
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Writing system | Latin |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nhw – |
Western Huasteca Nauatl is a native American language spoken in central northern México, also known as Western Huasteca Aztec, Náhuatl de Tamazunchale, and Náhuatl de la Huasteca Occidental. According to SIL's Ethnologue, there is 85% mutual intelligibility between Western and Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl.
The Bible has been translated into it and there are also radio programs in this tongue. [1]