Tarahumara language
Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[3]
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Tarahumara | |
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Rarámuri ra'ícha | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Chihuahua |
Ethnicity | Tarahumara |
Native speakers | 92,000 (2020 census)[1] |
Official status | |
Official language in | One of 63 national languages of Mexico |
Regulated by | Secretaría de Educación Pública |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:tar – Central Tarahumarathh – Northern Tarahumaratcu – Southeastern Tarahumaratwr – Southwestern Tarahumaratac – Western Tarahumara |
Glottolog | tara1321 |
ELP | Tarahumara |
Pre-contact (green) and current (red) extent of Tarahumara in Mexico | |
Tarahumara is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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