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Huichol

Huichol is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Mexico, by about 47.6 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Huichol · 22.0°N 104.1°W

The Huichol language (English: ; Huichol: Wixárika) is an indigenous language of Mexico which belongs to the Uto-Aztecan language family. It is spoken by the ethnic group widely known as the Huichol (self-designation Wixaritari), whose mountainous territory extends over portions of the Mexican states of Jalisco, San Luis Potosí, Nayarit, Zacatecas, and Durango, mostly in Jalisco.

United States: La Habra, California; Houston, Texas. Under the 2003 Law on Indigenous Language Rights, the indigenous languages of Mexico along with Spanish are recognized as "national languages".

In regard to language typology, the language has switch-reference, is highly polysynthetic and verbs may consist of as many as 20 different morphemes.

From Wikipedia · Huichol language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Huichol

MeaningWordRomanization
persontevi*
nameterivarika*
eyehiSi*
earnaka*
nosesuri*
toothtame*
tongueneni*
handmama*
bloodSuriya*
boneume*
skinnavi*
kneetunu*
breastsisi*
livernema*
waterhá̱
firetai*
suntau*
starSurave*
stonetete*
mountainyemuri*
treekiye*
leafSama*
nighttikari*
dogsiki*
fishkesi*
louseate*
oneSevi*
twohuta*
five'auxɨwi
Ine*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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