Taracahitic

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Taracahitic is a proposed subgroup of the Uto-Aztecan language family that includes several indigenous languages once spoken in northwestern Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan subgroup
proposed language subgroup
characterizedBy lexical similarities among member languages
shared morphological features
shared phonological innovations
documentationStatus poorly documented as a subgroup
geographicDistribution Chihuahua
Durango
Sierra Madre Occidental
Sinaloa
Sonora
northwestern Mexico
hasAlternativeClassification languages sometimes grouped directly under Southern Uto-Aztecan
languages sometimes treated as independent branches of Uto-Aztecan
hasMember Bacorehui language
Cahitan languages
surface form: Cahita language

Cahitan languages
Eudeve language
Guarijío language
Huite language
Jova language
Mayo language
Opata language
Tarahumaran languages
surface form: Tarahumara language

Tarahumaran languages
Tehueco language
Tubatulabal language
Yaqui language
languageFamilyBranchOf Uto-Aztecan
namedAfter Cahitan languages
surface form: Cahita language

Tarahumaran languages
surface form: Tarahumara language
partOf Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan language family
proposedBy linguists studying Uto-Aztecan languages
regionType indigenous languages of Mexico
spokenInThePastBy indigenous peoples of northwestern Mexico
status controversial classification
proposed
subgroupOf Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
usedIn historical-comparative linguistics

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Uto-Aztecan hasSubfamily Taracahitic
Northern Uto-Aztecan hasSubgroup Taracahitic
Southern Uto-Aztecan hasSubgroup Taracahitic