Mayan family
Huastec
1500 CE – today Living
Huastec (1500 CE – today) is a living Mayan language. Lineage: Proto-Mayan → Huastec.
See Huastec on the interactive map- Speakers
- 160K (160,000)
- ISO 639-3
- hus
- Glottocode
- huas1242
The earliest branch to split off from Proto-Mayan. It is geographically isolated in the Huasteca region of Veracruz and San Luis Potosí.
Lineage
- Proto-Mayanc. 2,200 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Huastec1500 CE – today
Sister languages 8
Also descended from Proto-Mayan.