Huasteca Nahuatl
| Huasteca Nahuatl | |
|---|---|
| Mexkatl (Eastern) | |
| 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) |
Uto-Aztecan
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:nhe – Eastern (Veracruz)nch – Centralnhw – 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).
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.
XEANT-AM radio broadcasts in Huasteca Nahuatl.