Huave
| Huave | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Mexico (coast of the state of Oaxaca ) | |
| speaker | approx. 18,400 (native speakers) | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language in | - | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
- |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
nai (Indigenous American languages) |
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| ISO 639-3 |
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Huave is an isolated language in Central America . It occurs mainly in Mexico in the Oaxaca area. It is one of the indigenous American languages .
Some scholars consider the four dialects of the language to be individual languages:
| Dialect (and place) | Number of speakers (approx.) | ISO 639-3 (SIL) |
|---|---|---|
| San Dionisio del Mar | 5,000 | hve |
| San Francisco del Mar | 900 | hue |
| San Mateo del Mar | 12,000 | huv |
| Santa María del Mar | 500 | hvv |
See also
Web links
- Indian languages ( Memento from May 27, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
- North and Mesoamerican languages
- The states and territories of the world and their linguistic situation ( Memento of May 3, 2005 in the Internet Archive )