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Classification: Isolate
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Huave |
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Isolate, Mexican, Central American, or Caribbean |
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ISO 639-3 |
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hve, hue, huv, hvv |
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Information from: “México. Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales en Riesgo de Desaparición” . Javier López Sánchez and Alejandra Arellano Martínez and Almandina Cárdenas Demay and Marisol Flores Castro (2012) , Arnulfo Embriz Osorio and Óscar Zamora Alarcón (coordinadores) · INALI
Information from: “México. Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales en Riesgo de Desaparición” . Javier López Sánchez and Alejandra Arellano Martínez and Almandina Cárdenas Demay and Marisol Flores Castro (2012) , Arnulfo Embriz Osorio and Óscar Zamora Alarcón (coordinadores) · INALI
(2010 census); (Sánchez 2012:22)
Information from: “Topics in the phonology and morphology of San Francisco del Mar Huave” . Yuni Kim (2008)
"As of 2008 there are no monolinguals in a population of over 5,000 [speakers of the San Francisco del Mar variety], and probably not more than 100 individuals total with a high degree of fluency in [San Francisco del Mar] Huave."
"In San Mateo del Mar, the Huave language is spoken actively in everyday life by all generations. In San Dionisio del Mar, many adults are bilingual in Huave and Spanish, though younger adults tend to be Spanish-dominant and youth/teenagers seem to have more passive than active competence in the language. The situation in Santa María del Mar is unknown to me, but anecdotal sources indicate that the language there is more endangered than in San Dionisio, and very probably much more so. The San Francisco del Mar dialect is severely endangered; Spanish is the language of public and most private life in town. I know of no monolingual Huave speakers at all, and all Huave-dominant bilinguals are well over 60 years of age... Very few residents under the age of 40
know more than a few words of Huave, although there is some interest in learning."
Spanish
Zapotec
"The four towns of the Zona Huave are located on the Pacific Coast of Oaxaca’s Isthmus (Istmo) region near the cities of Salina Cruz and Juchitán, on three peninsulas stretching into the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
Information from: “Glottolog” .
Information from: “Personal communication” . Enrique L. Palancar (2013)
Huave is spoken in several villages around San Dionisio del Mar in the state of Oaxaca.
Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Provides speaker numbers divided into 4 Huave varieties: Santa Maria, 862, severely endangered; San Francisco, 6874, critically endangered; San Dionisio, 5165, definitely endangered; San Mateo, 12667, vulnerable.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Ethnologue lists 4 Huave languages: San Dionisio del Mar Huave [hve]: 4,940 (2000); San Francisco del Mar Huave [hue]: 900 (1990 census), ethnic population: 3,900 (1990 census); San Mateo del Mar Huave [huv]: 12,000 (1990 census); Santa María del Mar Huave [hvv]: 500 (1993).
Southeast coast, Oaxaca.
Information from: “World Oral Literature Project” .
Like Ethnologue, WOLP distinguishes 4 Huave languages: San Francisco del Mar Huave: 900. Santa María del Mar Huave: 500. San Dionisio del Mar Huave: 4,944. San Mateo del Mar Huave: 12,000.