Taracahitic languages

Taracahitic
Cahita-Opata-Tarahuma
(putative)
Native speakers
c. 152,000 (2020)[1]
Linguistic classificationUto-Aztecan
  • Taracahitic
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone

The Taracahitic languages (occasionally called Taracahita or Taracahitan) form a putative branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family of Mexico.[2][3] The best known is Tarahumara.[4]

Languages

Tarahumara
Guarijío (Huarijio, Varihio)
?Chínipa
?Guasapar
?Témori
Yaqui
Mayo
?Acaxee

References

  1. ^ "Diferentes lenguas indígenas". cuentame.inegi.org.mx. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  2. ^ Campbell, Lyle (1985), The Pipil Language of El Salvador, New York, Amsterdam: Mouton, ISBN 9780899250403
  3. ^ Campbell, Lyle (1997), American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9789706890306
  4. ^ Miller, Wick R. (July 1983). "A Note on Extinct Languages of Northwest Mexico of Supposed Uto-Aztecan Affiliation". International Journal of American Linguistics. 49 (3): 328–334. doi:10.1086/465793. ISSN 0020-7071.