Nahuatl, Western Huasteca

NHW

developing

Alternate Names: Náhuatl de la Huasteca Occidental, Náhuatl de Tamazunchale, Western Huasteca Aztec

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

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 400,000 (1991 SIL).

Language Development: Radio programs. Bible: 2005.

Typology: SVO; long words, affixes; nontonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico