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.

All labels observed (6)

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Statements (48)

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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Referenced by (20)

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

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 ⓘ