Huichol

E85607

Huichol is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Wixárika people of western Mexico, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich oral tradition.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Huichol people 16
Huichol canonical 14
Cora–Huichol 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language
Uto-Aztecan language
indigenous language
natural language
endonym Wixárika
exonym Huichol self-link
hasAlternativeName Wixarika language
Wixárika
Wixarika language
surface form: Wixárika language
hasCulturalAssociation Wixárika religion
peyote rituals
hasDomain rich oral tradition
hasEducationUse bilingual education programs in some communities
hasGlottocode huic1242
hasGlottologName Huichol self-link
hasGrammaticalFeature evidentiality distinctions
noun incorporation
rich verbal inflection
switch-reference system
hasISO639-3Code hch
hasLinguasphereCode 79-AAA-bd
hasMorphology complex verbal morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
glottalized consonants
nasal vowels
hasStatus indigenous language of Mexico
vulnerable language
hasTypologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
head-marking
polysynthetic tendencies
hasWordOrder SOV
hasWritingSystem Latin script
languageBranch Corachol
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
regulatedBy Wixárika community organizations
relatedTo Cora language
sharesAncestorWith Proto-Corachol
Proto-Uto-Aztecan
spokenBy Tepehuan people
surface form: Wixárika people
spokenIn Mexico
state of Durango
Jalisco
surface form: state of Jalisco

State of Nayarit
surface form: state of Nayarit

Zacatecas
surface form: state of Zacatecas

western Mexico
subclassOf Corachol language
Southern Uto-Aztecan language
usedFor daily communication in Wixárika communities
usedIn prayers
ritual chants
songs
traditional narratives

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Referenced by (33)

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

Uto-Aztecan includesLanguage Huichol
Nayarit hasIndigenousGroup Huichol
Western Mexico hasCulturalTradition Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol art
Corachol spokenBy Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
indigenous peoples of Mexico majorEthnicGroup Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Pochutec isRelatedTo Huichol
Huichol exonym Huichol self-link
Huichol hasGlottologName Huichol self-link
Tepehuan neighboringGroup Huichol
Del Nayar hasIndigenousGroup Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Del Nayar languageSpoken Huichol
Real de Catorce hasCulturalAssociation Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
State of Nayarit hasIndigenousPeople Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Huichol language spokenBy Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Huichol language ethnicGroup Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Coracholan associatedWithEthnicGroup Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Coracholan hasAlternativeName Huichol
this entity surface form: Cora–Huichol
Coracholan usedBy Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol communities
Coracholan hasBranch Huichol
Sierra del Nayar traditionalHomelandOf Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Coracholan branch spokenBy Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Cora people areRelatedTo Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Tepehuan people relatedEthnicGroup Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Corachol language spokenBy Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Wixarika language spokenBy Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Wixárika religion practicedBy Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Proto-Corachol associatedWith Huichol
this entity surface form: Huichol people
Wixárika hasNameInSpanish Huichol