Huave, San Francisco del Mar

HUE

shifting

Alternate Names: Huave del este

Dialects: None known. 38% intelligibility of San Mateo del Mar Huave ,. Most divergent variety of Huave. Only fishermen tested, who were familiar with other varieties.

Genealogy:

Huavean

Demographics: 620 (2000 census). 1 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 3,900 (1990 census).

Language Use: Youth also use Spanish [spa]. 2,000 to 3,000 in new San Francisco shifted from Huave to Spanish.

Typology: Nontonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico