Nahuatl, Eastern Huasteca

NHE

developing

Alternate Names: Eastern Huasteca Aztec, Náhuatl de Hidalgo, Náhuatl de la Huasteca Oriental

Dialects: Southeastern Huasteca Nahuatl. 85% intelligibility between Eastern and Western Huasteca Nahuatl ,.

Genealogy:

Uto-Aztecan
Southern Uto-Aztecan
Corachol-Aztecan
Core Nahua
Nahuatl

Demographics: 410,000 (1991 SIL).

Language Use: Used as L2 by Huastec [hus].

Language Development: Radio programs. Bible: 2005.

Typology: SVO; long words, affixes; nontonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico