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The Tarahumara language (native name Rarámuri/Ralámuli ra'ícha "people language" [2]) is a Mexican Indigenous language of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken by around 70,000 Tarahumara (Rarámuri/Ralámuli) people in the state of Chihuahua, according to a 2002 census conducted by the government of Mexico.
The Rarámuri or Tarahumara are a group of Indigenous people of the Americas living in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. They are renowned for their form of prayer ...
Tarahumara (several varieties) 45,500 speakers of all varieties, all spoken in Chihuahua Caballero (2008) Upriver Guarijio, Downriver Guarijio: 2,840 speakers in Chihuahua and Sonora Miller (1996) Tubar † Spoken in Sinaloa and Sonora Lionnet (1978) Cahita: Yaqui (Hiaki) 11,800 in Sonora and Arizona Dedrick & Casad (1999) Mayo: 33,000 in ...
The Tarahumaran languages is a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that comprises the Tarahumara and Huarijio languages of Northern Mexico. The branch has been considered to be part of the Taracahitic languages, but this group is no longer considered a valid genetic unit. [1] [2]
Taracahita branch: Tarahumara, Guarijio language, Yaqui and Mayo; Corachol branch: Cora and Huichol; Nahuan branch: Nahuatl, Nahuan dialects; Na-Dene languages: Lipan, Mezcalero, Chiricahua, Western Apache; Language families with all known members in Mexico. Totonacan languages: Totonac (different varieties) Tepehua (different varieties) Oto ...
Writing systems are used to record human language, and may be classified according to certain common features.. The usual name of the script is given first; the name of the languages in which the script is written follows (in brackets), particularly in the case where the language name differs from the script name.
The Huichol (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwit͡ʃo̞l]) or Wixárika (Huichol pronunciation: [wiˈraɾika]) [1] are an Indigenous people of Mexico and the United States living in the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Durango, as well as in the United States in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
Over a thousand known languages were spoken by various peoples in North and South America prior to their first contact with Europeans. These encounters occurred between the beginning of the 11th century (with the Nordic settlement of Greenland and failed efforts in Newfoundland and Labrador) and the end of the 15th century (the voyages of Christopher Columbus).