Huave, Santa María del Mar

HVV

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Alternate Names: Huave del oeste

Dialects: None known. Very limited intelligibility of other Huave, although most similar to San Dionisio ,.

Genealogy:

Huavean

Demographics: 500 (1993 SIL).

Language Use: Children do not grow up speaking Huave. But when they become adults they all learn it in order to function in the culture (2011 J. Williams). Children learn Spanish first, but learn Huave by adulthood, because adults speak Huave.

Typology: Nontonal.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Mexico