Tarahumara language

E602598

The Tarahumara language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Rarámuri people of northern Mexico, particularly in the Sierra Madre Occidental region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language
indigenous language
natural language
alternateName Raramuri
linked to: Tarahumaran

Rarámuri language
Tarahumara
associatedWith Sierra Tarahumara
closelyRelatedTo Guarijío language
country Mexico
ethnicGroup Rarámuri people
glottologName Tarahumara
hasDialect Central Tarahumara
Eastern Tarahumara
Northern Tarahumara
Southern Tarahumara
Western Tarahumara
hasEndonym Rarámuri ra'ícha
hasGlottocode tara1321
hasISO639-2Code tar
hasISO639-3Code tar
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
hasMorphologicalFeature case marking on nouns
rich verbal morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tone absent
influencedBy Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan language family
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
languageStatus vulnerable
preservationEffort community-based language revitalization
region Chihuahua
spokenBy Rarámuri people
spokenIn Mexico
Sierra Madre Occidental
northern Mexico
subfamily Southern Uto-Aztecan
Tarahumaran branch
subjectOf Bible translation
linguistic documentation projects
threatenedBy language shift to Spanish
typology agglutinative language
usedFor everyday communication
oral tradition
ritual practices
usedIn indigenous education programs
storytelling
traditional songs
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Rarámuri language alternateName Tarahumara language
Guarijío language isRelatedTo Tarahumara language
Tarahumaran languages hasPart Tarahumara language
Mayo language hasNeighboringLanguage Tarahumara language
Taracahitic languages hasMember Tarahumara language
Taracahitic languages hasMember Lowland Tarahumara language
linked to: Tarahumara language
Taracahitic languages hasMember Central Tarahumara language
linked to: Tarahumara language
Taracahitic languages hasMember Northern Tarahumara language
linked to: Tarahumara language
Taracahitic languages hasMember Southern Tarahumara language
linked to: Tarahumara language
Western Rarámuri partOf Tarahumara language
Western Rarámuri subdivisionOf Tarahumara language
Western Rarámuri isPrincipalVarietyOf Tarahumara language
Central Rarámuri partOf Tarahumara language continuum
linked to: Tarahumara language
Northern Rarámuri subdivisionOf Tarahumara language
Eastern Rarámuri subdivisionOf Tarahumara language
Southern Rarámuri partOf Tarahumara language continuum
linked to: Tarahumara language
Southern Rarámuri subdivisionOf Tarahumara language
Huarijio language closelyRelatedTo Tarahumara language
Tarahumaran hasPart Tarahumara language
Tarahumaran branch hasMember Tarahumara language