Tarahumara language
| Tarahumara | |
|---|---|
| Rarámuri ra'ícha | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Chihuahua |
| Ethnicity | Rarámuri |
Native speakers | 92,000 (2020 census) |
Uto-Aztecan
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| Official status | |
Official language in | One of 63 national languages of Mexico [1] |
| Regulated by | Secretaría de Educación Pública |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:tar – Central Tarahumarathh – Northern Tarahumaratcu – Southeastern Tarahumaratwr – Southwestern Tarahumaratac – Western Tarahumara |
| Glottolog | tara1321 |
| ELP | Tarahumara |
Pre-contact (green) and current (red) extent of Tarahumara in Mexico | |
Tarahumara is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Tarahumara (endonym: Rarámuri/Ralámuli ra'ícha 'people language') is a Uto-Aztecan language indigenous to Mexico and spoken by around 70,000 Rarámuri (Tarahumara/Ralámuli) people in the state of Chihuahua. It is the second most-widely spoken Uto-Aztecan language after Nahuatl.