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Huasteco Indian Language

Huasteco is a Mayan language spoken by around 120,000 people in Mexico. There are three main varieties of Huasteco: Northwestern Huastec (Huasteco de San Luis Potosi), Central Huastec (Huasteco de Veracruz), and Southeastern Huastec (Huasteco de San Francisco Chontla.) Some linguists consider them to be three distinct languages, but most consider them dialects of a single Huasteco language, since all Huasteco speakers can understand each other fairly well. The Huasteco languages use SVO word order.

˜Our Huasteco Language Materials –

Huastec Maya Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Huasteco words.

˜Huasteco Language Resources –

Human Rights: Huasteco

Human Rights: Tének:
Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into Huasteco.

The Bible in Huasteco de San Luis Potosi:
Huasteco translations of Biblical passages.

Huasteco Prayers

San Luis Potosi Huasteco

Veracruz Huasteco

Language Museum: Southeastern Huastec:
Huasteco translations of the Lord's Prayer and other Christian prayers.

Lengua Huasteco
Information on the Huasteco language, including a linguistic map of Mexico. Page in Spanish.

Wikipedia: Wastek:
Brief encyclopedia article on the Huasteco language.

San Luís Potosí Huastec

Veracruz Huastec

Southeastern Huastec:
Demographic information about Huasteco from the Ethnologue of Languages.

˜Huasteco Culture and History Links –

Huasteco People
Encyclopedia articles on the Huasteco Indians.

Wasteko Maya
Article about Huasteco culture and history.

˜Books for sale on the Huastecos –

The Huastec and Totonac World
Coffee table book with photographs of Huasteco and Totonaco life and artwork.

Riverine Maya: The Torquegua and other Huastecos of the Lower Motagua Valley:
Anthropology book on the Huasteco Mayas of Mexico.

Notes on the Ethnology of the Huastecos:
Another anthropology text specifically about the Huasteco Mayas.

The Ancient Maya:
Excellent historical overview of ancient Mayan civilization in general.

Native American Books:
Evolving list of books about Mayas and Native Americans in general.

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