Huichol

E85607

Mesoamerican language Uto-Aztecan language indigenous language natural language

Huichol is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Wixárika people of western Mexico, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich oral tradition.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Huichol people	2
Huichol art	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesoamerican language ⓘ Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
endonym	Wixárika ⓘ
exonym	Huichol self-link ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Wixarika language ⓘ Wixárika ⓘ Wixarika language ⓘ surface form: Wixárika language
hasCulturalAssociation	Wixárika religion ⓘ peyote rituals ⓘ
hasDomain	rich oral tradition ⓘ
hasEducationUse	bilingual education programs in some communities ⓘ
hasGlottocode	huic1242 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Huichol self-link ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	evidentiality distinctions ⓘ noun incorporation ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ switch-reference system ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	hch ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode	79-AAA-bd ⓘ
hasMorphology	complex verbal morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive tone ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ nasal vowels ⓘ
hasStatus	indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ vulnerable language ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ head-marking ⓘ polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin script ⓘ
languageBranch	Corachol ⓘ
languageFamily	Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
regulatedBy	Wixárika community organizations ⓘ
relatedTo	Cora language ⓘ
sharesAncestorWith	Proto-Corachol ⓘ Proto-Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
spokenBy	Tepehuan people ⓘ surface form: Wixárika people
spokenIn	Mexico ⓘ state of Durango ⓘ Jalisco ⓘ surface form: state of Jalisco State of Nayarit ⓘ surface form: state of Nayarit Zacatecas ⓘ surface form: state of Zacatecas western Mexico ⓘ
subclassOf	Corachol language ⓘ Southern Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication in Wixárika communities ⓘ
usedIn	prayers ⓘ ritual chants ⓘ songs ⓘ traditional narratives ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huichol → exonym → Huichol self-link ⓘ

Western Mexico → hasCulturalTradition → Huichol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Huichol art

Proto-Uto-Aztecan → hasDescendant → Huichol ⓘ

Huichol → hasGlottologName → Huichol self-link ⓘ

Nayarit → hasIndigenousGroup → Huichol ⓘ

Southern Uto-Aztecan → hasLanguage → Huichol ⓘ

Uto-Aztecan → includesLanguage → Huichol ⓘ

Pochutec → isRelatedTo → Huichol ⓘ

indigenous peoples of Mexico → majorEthnicGroup → Huichol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Huichol people

Corachol → spokenBy → Huichol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Huichol people