The Huastecan languages of Mexico are the most divergent branch of the
Mayan language family.
They are
Wastek (Huastec) and
Chikomuseltek (Chicomuceltec).
Wastek (also spelled Huastec and Huaxtec) is spoken in the Mexican states of
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
and
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...
by around 110,000 people.
[Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.). Ethnologue (2005).] It is the most divergent of modern Mayan languages.
Chicomuceltec
Chicomuceltec (also ''Chikomuselteko'' or ''Chicomucelteco''; archaically, ''Cotoque'') is a Mayan language formerly spoken in the region defined by the ''municipio (Mexico), municipios'' of Chicomuselo, Mazapa de Madero, and Amatenango de la Fro ...
was a language related to Wastek and spoken in
Chiapas
Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
that became extinct some time before 1982.
References
Mayan languages
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