Huastecan languages

The Huastecan languages of Mexico are the most divergent branch of the Mayan language family. They are Wastek (Huastec) and Chikomuseltek (Chicomuceltec).

Geographic
distributionVeracruz, San Luis Potosí

Linguistic classificationMayan

• Huastecan

Proto-languageProto–Huastecan

Subdivisions

• Huastec
• Chikomuseltek †
• ?Epi-Olmec †^[1]

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Huastecan
Geographic distribution	Veracruz, San Luis Potosí
Linguistic classification	Mayan Huastecan
Proto-language	Proto–Huastecan
Subdivisions	Huastec Chikomuseltek † ?Epi-Olmec †[1]
Language codes
Glottolog	huas1241
Approximate extent of Huastec-speaking area in Mexico

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Wastek (also spelled Huastec and Huaxtec) is spoken in the Mexican states of Veracruz and San Luis Potosí by around 110,000 people.^[2] It is the most divergent of modern Mayan languages. Chicomuceltec was a language related to Wastek and spoken in Chiapas that became extinct some time before 1982.^[3]