They say you can find anything on the Internet, and that’s almost true–until it comes to obscure Native American languages spoken in Mexico.
Today I am giving you a short wordlist of the Huastec language, something that I have not been able to find even among websites in Spanish. Thus, this post seems to be the first ever of its kind, and I hope it is of use to whoever happens to find it, whether through the marvels of search engines, or otherwise.
- kaknamal – thank you
- kamap – teeth
- tumรญn – money
- bakan – tortilla
- xikach – girl
- Dios tilabli – God bless you
- atรกtal – brother in Christ
- ha’ – water
- nรฉnek – Hello, how are you?
- Tรฉnek – Huastec
- wana tukapu’ – let’s eat
- xi’รญn – hair
- wits – flower
- uxkwe – wife
Many thanks to Virginia Lรกzaro and her husband Manuel, as well as Federico Reyes and Josรฉ Hernรกndez Fรฉlix for providing me with these words. I admire all of these people for their zeal in spreading the Gospel and also for their wish to pass on their ancestral language. Read More