Huastecan languages
The Huastecan languages of Mexico are the most divergent branch of the Mayan language family. They are Wastek (Huastec) and Chikomuseltek (Chicomuceltec).
| Hustecan | |
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| Geographic distribution | Veracruz, San Luis Potosí |
| Linguistic classification | Mayan
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| Glottolog | huas1241[1] |
Wastek (also spelled Huastec and Huaxtec) is spoken in the Mexican states of Veracruz and San Luis Potosí by around 110,000 people.[2] It is the most divergent of modern Mayan languages. Chicomuceltec was a language related to Wastek and spoken in Chiapas that became extinct some time before 1982.[3]
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Huastecan Mayan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.). Ethnologue (2005).
- Campbell & Canger 1978.
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