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
hasAlternativeName Wixarika language
Wixárika
Wixárika language
linked to: Wixarika language
hasCulturalAssociation Wixárika religion
peyote rituals
hasDomain rich oral tradition
hasEducationUse bilingual education programs in some communities
hasGlottocode huic1242
hasGlottologName Huichol
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 Wixárika people
linked to: Tepehuan people
spokenIn Mexico
state of Durango
state of Jalisco
linked to: Jalisco

state of Nayarit
linked to: State of Nayarit

state of Zacatecas
linked to: Zacatecas

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

How these facts were elicited

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