Huichol language
E319215
The Huichol language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Huichol people of western Mexico, known for its complex verb morphology and rich oral tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Huichol language canonical | 10 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican language
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| branch | Corachol ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Cora language ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Huichol
ⓘ
surface form:
Huichol people
|
| geneticRelation | Cora language ⓘ |
| GlottologCode | huic1242 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Huichol
ⓘ
Wixarika language ⓘ Wixárika ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ evidentiality distinctions ⓘ head-marking ⓘ rich aspect system ⓘ rich oral tradition ⓘ tone-less ⓘ verb-final tendencies ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottal stop phoneme ⓘ nasal consonants ⓘ simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm |
Wixarika language
ⓘ
surface form:
Wixárika standardized orthography
|
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
Roman alphabet ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | hch ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| legalStatusInMexico | national language alongside Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan language family
|
| recognizedAs | national language of Mexico ⓘ |
| region |
Western Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
western Mexico
|
| regulatoryBody | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Huichol
ⓘ
surface form:
Huichol people
|
| spokenIn |
Durango
ⓘ
Jalisco ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Nayarit ⓘ Zacatecas ⓘ |
| status | vulnerable ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Corachol branch ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
oral narratives ⓘ ritual speech ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.