Huasteca Nahuatl

Huasteca Nahuatl
Huasteca Nahuatl
Native to	Mexico
Region	La Huasteca (San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz)
Native speakers	(Eastern: 410,000 cited 1991); Central: 200,000 (2000); Western: 400,000 (1991)
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Aztecan (Nahuan) Nahuatl Huasteca Nahuatl; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; nhe – Eastern (Veracruz); nch – Central; nhw – Western (Tamazunchale)
Glottolog	huas1257
ELP	Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Huasteca Nahuatl is a Nahuan language spoken by over a million people in the region of La Huasteca in Mexico, centered in the states of Hidalgo (Eastern) and San Luis Potosí (Western).^[2]

Ethnologue divides Huasteca Nahuatl into three languages: Eastern, Central, and Western, as they judge that separate literature is required, but notes that there is 85% mutual intelligibility between Eastern and Western.^[3]

XEANT-AM radio broadcasts in Huasteca Nahuatl.

^ ^a ^b ^c Eastern (Veracruz) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Central at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Western (Tamazunchale) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Kimball: p. 196.
^ Nahuatl, Eastern Huasteca at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[e25-1] Eastern (Veracruz) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Central at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Western (Tamazunchale) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Kimball: p. 196.

[3] Nahuatl, Eastern Huasteca at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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