Eastern Rarámuri

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Eastern Rarámuri is a principal regional variety of the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) language spoken by Indigenous communities in the Sierra Madre region of northern Mexico.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Rarámuri canonical 4
Rarámuri Occidental 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language variety
regional variety of the Rarámuri language
belongsTo indigenous languages of Mexico
closelyRelatedTo Central Rarámuri
Western Rarámuri
country Mexico
culturalRole key marker of Rarámuri identity
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicityAssociated Rarámuri
hasAlternativeName Eastern Tarahumara
Rarámuri Oriental
linked to: Rarámuri
hasDialectStatus principal regional variety of Rarámuri
hasDomain home and community life
oral literature and storytelling
traditional religious practices
hasLinguisticFeature SOV basic word order
agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between short and long vowels
rich consonant inventory
isIndigenousTo Sierra Madre Occidental
state of Chihuahua
linked to: State of Chihuahua
languageBranch Southern Uto-Aztecan
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
languageGroup Tarahumaran languages
languageStatus minority language in Mexico
partOf Rarámuri language
region Sierra Madre region of northern Mexico
script Latin script
spokenBy Rarámuri people
Tarahumara people
spokenIn Chihuahua
Mexico
Sierra Madre Occidental
northern Mexico
subdivisionOf Tarahumara language
usedBy indigenous communities in the Sierra Madre region
usedIn daily communication in Rarámuri communities
oral tradition
traditional ceremonies
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rarámuri language hasDialect Eastern Rarámuri
Ralamuli hasDialect Eastern Rarámuri
Western Rarámuri hasAlternativeName Rarámuri Occidental
linked to: Eastern Rarámuri
Western Rarámuri closelyRelatedTo Eastern Rarámuri
Central Rarámuri closelyRelatedTo Eastern Rarámuri