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YAQ ISO 639-3

Yaqui

Yoeme Autonym

A language of Mexico

ISO 639
yaq
Alternate Names
Cahita, Hiak-nooki, Hiaki, Yoem Noki
Autonym
Yoeme
Population
19,400 in Mexico (2020 INEGI). Total users in all countries: 20,040.
Location:
Sonora state: Cócorit, Bácum, Tórim, Vícam, Pótam, Ráhum, Huirivis, and Bélen.
Language Status
8a (Moribund).
Classification
Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Taracahitic, Cahitan
Dialects
None known. Partial intelligibility of Mayo [mfy].
Typology
SOV; affixes, clitics; median word length; single underlying tone; 15 consonants and 5 vowels.
Language Use
Shifted to Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1977–2011.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yaqui
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Traditional religion, Christian.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Yaqui
User Population
640 in United States (2015 census). Ethnic population: 8,000 (Golla 2007).
Location
Arizona: Pascua.
Language Status
7 (Shifting)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Yaqui speakers in the United States migrated from Mexico at the beginning of the twentieth century (Fernández and Guerrero 2007).
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Map

Location: Sonora state: Cócorit, Bácum, Tórim, Vícam, Pótam, Ráhum, Huirivis, and Bélen.