Alternate Names: Huasteco de Tantoyuca, Huasteco de Veracruz
Dialects: San Luis Potosi Huastec (Potosino Huastec), Southeastern Huastec (Huasteco de San Francisco Chontla). Sociological factors require literature in Veracruz variety of Huastec.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 131,000 (2000 INALI).
Language Use: All ages. Also use Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl [nhe], Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 52%. Newspapers. Dictionary. NT: 1970–2005.
Typology: SVO; short words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico