Huastecn.
/ˈwɑːstɛk/ a. An Indian people inhabiting parts of Mexico; a member of this people.
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Chichimeca1578
Miskito1697
Tiwa1710
Nahuatlaca1775
Otomi1782
Aztec1787
Mazahua1787
Mixteca1787
Totonac1787
Zapotec1797
Chichimec1809
Quiché1823
Mayo1829
Seri1829
Mixtec1852
Olmec1852
Mogollon1855
Mimbres1859
Yaqui1861
Cuna1868
Tzeltal1868
Nahuatl1873
Huastec1874
Tarahumara1874
Tlapanec1874
Bribri1875
Nahua1875
Mangue1876
Mazatec1878
Subtiaba1891
Tequistlatec1891
Trique1891
Nahuatlan1897
Huichol1900
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Tarascan1931
Mixe–Zoque1957
Mixteco1972
Garifuna1977
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Mixe–Zoquean1989
1874 H. H. Bancroft Native Races Pacific States I. vi. 674 The Huastecs, Huaxtecs, Guastecs, or Cuextecas inhabit portions of the states of Vera Cruz and Tamaulipas.
1914 T. A. Joyce Mexican Archaeol. vii. 196 The presence of a spout distinguishes Huaxtec pottery from Mexican.
1931 T. Gann in Gann & Thompson Hist. Maya i. 11 The Huaxtecas..were evidently a section of the people left behind in their old home.
1946 S. G. Morley Anc. Maya iii. 39 The Maya-speaking, Maya-appearing Huasteca never shared with the Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula the latter's unique culture.
1948 D. Diringer Alphabet i. vii. 123 The Huastec..already separated from the main stock in ancient times.
b. The language of the Huastecs.
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Kekchi1823
Quiché1823
Huastec1845
Tzeltal1868
Tzotzil1874
1845 Trans. Amer. Ethnol. Soc. 1 4 A comparison of near three hundred words of the Mexican, Otomi, and Huasteca, exhibits but very few, and perhaps accidental, coincidences.
1955 Amer. Speech 30 126 Huastek.
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