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VAR ISO 639-3

Huarijío

Warijio Autonym

A language of Mexico

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Guarijío, Maculái, Macurawe, Macurái, Makurawe, Varihío, Varijío, Varohio, Vorijío, Warihó
Autonym
Warijio
Population
2,140 (2020 INEGI).
Location:
Chihuahua state: Río Chinipas east to Sonora state border; San Bernardo, to headwaters of Río Mayo. 17 or more villages or hamlets. West Sierra Madre mountains.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Taracahitic, Tarahumaran
Dialects
Highland Guarijío, Lowland Huarijío. Intelligibility of Tarahumara languages less than 50%. Maculai (Macurawe, Macuyawe), formerly used by upriver Huarijio to refer to downriver Huarijio. Refer to themselves as Huarijio, Macurawe or Macuyawe. Old ruins of Macoyawi, now under Lake Mocutzari, was presumably a village of theirs.
Typology
OVS; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use
Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2016.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Huarijío
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

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Location: Chihuahua state: Río Chinipas east to Sonora state border; San Bernardo, to headwaters of Río Mayo. 17 or more villages or hamlets. West Sierra Madre mountains.