Huastec
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Huastec is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in northeastern Mexico, especially in parts of Veracruz and neighboring states.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Huastec people | 19 |
| Huastec canonical | 7 |
| Huastecan branch | 3 |
| Huasteco | 3 |
| Maya peoples | 3 |
| Eastern Huastec | 2 |
| Western Huastec | 2 |
| Chontal Maya | 1 |
| Huastec (Teenek) peoples | 1 |
| Huastec Maya | 1 |
| Huasteca Veracruzana | 1 |
| Huastecan | 1 |
| Wastek (Huastec) | 1 |
| Wastek (Huastec) branch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T631331 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Huastec Context triple: [Veracruz, hasIndigenousLanguages, Huastec]
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A.
Totonac
Totonac is an indigenous language family of eastern Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Totonac people primarily in the states of Veracruz and Puebla.
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B.
Mixtec civilization
The Mixtec civilization was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture renowned for its sophisticated metallurgy, intricate codices, and powerful city-states in what is now Oaxaca, Mexico.
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C.
Nahua
The Nahua are a major indigenous people of Mexico, historically associated with the Aztecs and speakers of various Nahuatl languages across central and southern regions.
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D.
Cochimí people
The Cochimí people are an Indigenous group native to the central Baja California peninsula in Mexico, historically known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle and now largely assimilated, with their original language considered extinct.
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E.
Zapotec civilization
The Zapotec civilization was an influential pre-Columbian culture of southern Mesoamerica, centered in the Oaxaca Valley and noted for its early writing system, monumental architecture, and complex urban centers like Monte Albán.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Huastec Target entity description: Huastec is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in northeastern Mexico, especially in parts of Veracruz and neighboring states.
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A.
Totonac
Totonac is an indigenous language family of eastern Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Totonac people primarily in the states of Veracruz and Puebla.
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B.
Mixtec civilization
The Mixtec civilization was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture renowned for its sophisticated metallurgy, intricate codices, and powerful city-states in what is now Oaxaca, Mexico.
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C.
Nahua
The Nahua are a major indigenous people of Mexico, historically associated with the Aztecs and speakers of various Nahuatl languages across central and southern regions.
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D.
Cochimí people
The Cochimí people are an Indigenous group native to the central Baja California peninsula in Mexico, historically known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle and now largely assimilated, with their original language considered extinct.
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E.
Zapotec civilization
The Zapotec civilization was an influential pre-Columbian culture of southern Mesoamerica, centered in the Oaxaca Valley and noted for its early writing system, monumental architecture, and complex urban centers like Monte Albán.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Teenek de la Huasteca
ⓘ
Wasteko ⓘ |
| autonym |
Teenek
ⓘ
Wastek ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup |
Huastec
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Huastec Maya
|
| closelyRelatedTo | Chicomuceltec ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
Huastec oral tradition
ⓘ
Huastec traditional music ⓘ |
| endangeredStatusSource | UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ⓘ |
| geographicConcentration |
Huasteca Potosina
ⓘ
surface form:
Huasteca region
|
| glottocode | huas1242 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
La Huasteca Hidalguense
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Huastec
Huastec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Huastec
Huastec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western Huastec
|
| hasGrammaticalCategory |
aspect-marking
ⓘ
person-marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRegulator | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature | ergative alignment elements ⓘ |
| historicalSeparationFromOtherMayan | early split ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | hus ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Mayan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Mayan language family
|
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Mexican government as national language ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Huastec
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Huastec people
|
| spokenInCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | northeastern Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenInState |
Hidalgo
ⓘ
San Luis Potosí ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Huastec
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Huastecan branch
|
| usedInDomain |
everyday communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | bilingual education programs in Mexico ⓘ |
| wordOrder | VSO-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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Subject: Huastec Description of subject: Huastec is a Mayan language spoken by the Huastec people primarily in northeastern Mexico, especially in parts of Veracruz and neighboring states.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.