Where Western Huasteca Nahuatl is spoken
Western Huasteca Nahuatl is spoken in one country: Mexico. The table gives the share of each country’s people who speak it, from Unicode CLDR, where CLDR has a figure.
| Country | Share of population | Estimated speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 0.4% | 509,886 |
Estimated speakers are the CLDR percentage applied to CLDR’s own population figure for the country, so they are rough. A country without a figure may still have speakers: it is listed because the language area, or Glottolog’s record, reaches it.
Western Huasteca Nahuatl has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.
How many people speak Western Huasteca Nahuatl?
Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language. The table above has rough per-country estimates from Unicode CLDR.
Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.
Where Western Huasteca Nahuatl sits in the language family tree
Glottolog classifies Western Huasteca Nahuatl as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.
- Uto-Aztecan
- Southern Uto-Aztecan
- Corachol-Aztecan
- Aztec
- Eastern Nahuatl
- Huasteca Nahuatl
- Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Related languages
Other languages in the Huasteca Nahuatl group:
More about Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Codes: ISO 639-3 nhw, Glottolog west2624. Glottolog macroarea: North America.
Questions about Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Where is Western Huasteca Nahuatl spoken?
Western Huasteca Nahuatl is spoken in Mexico. Unicode CLDR puts it at 0.4% of the population of Mexico, which is about 509,886 people. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.
Which language family is Western Huasteca Nahuatl in?
Glottolog places Western Huasteca Nahuatl in the Uto-Aztecan family, in the branch Southern Uto-Aztecan, Corachol-Aztecan, Aztec, Eastern Nahuatl and Huasteca Nahuatl.