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).

Huasteca Nahuatl
Native toMexico
RegionLa Huasteca (San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz)
Native speakers
(Eastern: 410,000 cited 1991)
Central: 200,000 (2000)
Western: 400,000 (1991)
Uto-Aztecan
  • Aztecan (Nahuan)
    • Nahuatl
      • Huasteca Nahuatl
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
nhe – Eastern (Veracruz)
nch – Central
nhw – Western (Tamazunchale)
Glottologhuas1257
ELPWestern Huasteca Nahuatl

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.

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