Western Rarámuri

E602600

Western 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 (1)

Label Occurrences
Western Rarámuri canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Rarámuri language variety ⓘ
indigenous language variety ⓘ
regional variety of a language ⓘ
belongsTo indigenous languages of Mexico ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Central Rarámuri ⓘ
Eastern Rarámuri ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
ethnicGroup Rarámuri ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Rarámuri Occidental ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Rarámuri

Tarahumara Occidental ⓘ
linked to: Guarijío

Western Tarahumara ⓘ
hasDomain community life in Rarámuri settlements ⓘ
oral literature and storytelling ⓘ
traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature SOV basic word order ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
tonal contrasts absent ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
simple consonant inventory ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Spanish is common ⓘ
isEndangered true ⓘ
ISO639-3 tar ⓘ
isPrincipalVarietyOf Rarámuri language ⓘ
Tarahumara language ⓘ
languageBranch Tarahumaran languages ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
partOf Rarámuri language ⓘ
Tarahumara language ⓘ
region Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
spokenBy Rarámuri people ⓘ
Tarahumara people ⓘ
spokenIn Chihuahua ⓘ
Sierra Madre region ⓘ
northern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Northern Mexico
status minority language in Mexico ⓘ
subdivisionOf Tarahumara language ⓘ
usedAlongside Spanish ⓘ
usedIn daily communication in Rarámuri communities ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Rarámuri language → hasDialect → Western Rarámuri ⓘ
Ralamuli → hasDialect → Western Rarámuri ⓘ
Central Rarámuri → closelyRelatedTo → Western Rarámuri ⓘ
Eastern Rarámuri → closelyRelatedTo → Western Rarámuri ⓘ