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The SanMateoDelMarHuaveLanguage is a HuaveanLanguage of Mexico. SIL code: HUV. ISO 639-2: nai. Population: 12,000 including 1,800 monolinguals (1990 census). Region: Southeastern coast, Oaxaca, San Mateo del Mar. Comments: Only very limited intelligibility of other Huave varieties, 88% of San Dionicio del Mar. Bilingual level estimates for Spanish are 0 0.5%, 1 14.5%, 2 40%, 3 35%, 4 10%, 5 0%. Their legend says they came from Central America. SVO, nontonal, short words, affixes. Literacy rate in first language: 60%. Literacy rate in second language: 40%. Desert. Coastal. Fishermen, agriculturalists. sea level. NT 1972-1996.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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