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Huave (also spelled Wabe) is a language isolate spoken by the indigenous Huave people on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The language is spoken in four villages on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the southeast of the state, by around 18,000 people (see table below). The Huave people of San Mateo del Mar – who call themselves Ikoots, meaning us – refer to their language as ombeayiiüts, meaning our language. In San Francisco del Mar, the corresponding terms are Kunajts (us) and umbeyajts (our language). The term Huave is thought to come from the Zapotec languages, meaning people who rot in the humidity, according to the 17th century Spanish historian Burgoa. However, Martínez Gracida (1888) claims the meaning of the term means 'many people' in Isthmus Zapotec, interpreting hua as abundant and be as a shortened form of binni (people). The etymology of the term will require further investigation. Neither of the above etymologies are judged plausible by Isthmus Zapotec speakers. Although genetic relationships between the Huave language and several language families have been proposed, none have been substantiated and Huave remains considered an isolate (Campbell 1997 pg. 161). Paul Radin proposed a relationship between Huave and the Mayan and Mixe–Zoquean languages, and Morris Swadesh proposed a connection to the Oto-Manguean languages which has been further investigated by Rensch (1976), but all proposals have been inconclusive.
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