Taracahitic languages
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The Taracahitic or Taracahita languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family
of Mexico. The best known is Tarahumara
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Language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term 'family' comes from the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a...
of Mexico. The best known is Tarahumara
Tarahumara language
The Tarahumara language is a Mexican indigenous language of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken by around 70,000 Tarahumara people in the state of Chihuahua, according to an estimate by the government of Mexico.-Genetic affiliation:Tarahumara belongs to the Taracahitic group of the Uto-Aztecan...
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Languages
- Tarahumaran
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- TarahumaraTarahumara languageThe Tarahumara language is a Mexican indigenous language of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken by around 70,000 Tarahumara people in the state of Chihuahua, according to an estimate by the government of Mexico.-Genetic affiliation:Tarahumara belongs to the Taracahitic group of the Uto-Aztecan...
- Guarijío (Varihio)Guarijio languageHuarijio is an Uto-Aztecan language of the states of Chihuahua and Sonora in northwestern Mexico...
- Tubar †
- CahitaCáhitaCáhita is a group of Indigenous peoples of Mexico, which includes the Yaqui and Mayo people. Numbering approximately 40,000, they live in west coast of the states of Sonora and Sinaloa.-Language:...
(YaquiYaqui languageYaqui , locally known as Yoeme or Yoem Noki, is a Native American language of the Uto-Aztecan family. It is spoken by about 15,000 people, mostly of the border Yaqui people, in the region around the Mexican state of Sonora, and Arizona in the United States.-Phonology:The remarks below use the...
–MayoMayo languageMayo is an Uto-Aztecan language. It is spoken by about 40,000 people, the Mexican Mayo or Yoreme Indians, who live in the South of the Mexican state of Sonora and in the North of the neighboring state of Sinaloa...
) - ÓpataOpata languageÓpata is the name of the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Opata people of northern central Sonora in Mexico...
†? (Eudeve, Heve, Dohema)
- Tarahumara