Huave Indigenous Language Endangered by Conflict

Vladimir Martínez has tried to document the Huave indigenous language. Photo: Levi Bridges

Vladimir Martínez has tried to document the Huave indigenous language.
Photo: Levi Bridges

The last remaining speakers of the indigenous Huave language can be found on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast. Most are concentrated in two towns on a windy peninsula. But for some years, these communities have not spoken and have had serious disagreements and confrontations over the construction of a wind energy park. The conflict is endangering the language and the customs of this ancestral people. Levi Bridges visited the area and brings us this report, voiced by Rubén Tapia.


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