TAC ISO 639-3
Tarahumara, Western
Rarómari raicha Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- tac
- Alternate Names
- Baja Tarahumara, Lowland Tarahumara, Ralámuli de la Baja Tarahumara, Rarámuri, Rocoroibo, Tarahumara del Oeste, Tarahumara del Poniente
- Autonym
- Rarómari raicha
- Population
- 9,230 (2000 INALI). Total Tarahumara speakers: 91,600 (2020 INEGI).
- Location:
- Chihuahua state: Guazapares, Urique, and Uruachi.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Taracahitic, Tarahumaran, Tarahumara
- Typology
- SOV; long words, affixes; nontonal.
- Language Use
- Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Literature. NT: 2008.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Tarahumara, Western
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Chihuahua state: Guazapares, Urique, and Uruachi.
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