Guarijío
E88457
Guarijío is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Guarijío people of northern Mexico, particularly in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guarijío de Chihuahua | 1 |
| Guarijío de Sonora | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican language
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Cahitan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Cahita languages
|
| contactLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Tepehuan people
ⓘ
surface form:
Guarijío people
|
| geographicDistribution |
Sierra Madre Occidental
ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Madre Occidental region
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Guarijío
ⓘ
surface form:
Guarijío de Chihuahua
Guarijío ⓘ
surface form:
Guarijío de Sonora
Warihío ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Guarijío oral literature
ⓘ
Guarijío traditional religion ⓘ indigenous knowledge systems ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
community events
ⓘ
home ⓘ ritual contexts ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentCause | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| hasLanguagePolicyContext | Mexican indigenous language policy ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
indigenous communities in Chihuahua
ⓘ
indigenous communities in Sonora ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerTrend | declining number of speakers ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | var ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | national language of Mexico ⓘ |
| region |
Northern Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
northern Mexico
|
| relatedTo |
Mayo language
ⓘ
Yaqui language ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Tepehuan people
ⓘ
surface form:
Guarijío people
|
| spokenIn |
Chihuahua
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ Sonora ⓘ |
| spokenInMunicipality |
Guazapares Municipality
ⓘ
surface form:
Chínipas Municipality
Guazapares Municipality ⓘ Quiriego Municipality ⓘ Álamos Municipality ⓘ |
| subfamily | Cahita branch ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | Spanish language dominance ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in some communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Guarijío de Chihuahua
this entity surface form:
Guarijío de Sonora