Huichol
Huichol is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Mexico, by about 47.6 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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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
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tevi* | |
| name | terivarika* | |
| eye | hiSi* | |
| ear | naka* | |
| nose | suri* | |
| tooth | tame* | |
| tongue | neni* | |
| hand | mama* | |
| blood | Suriya* | |
| bone | ume* | |
| skin | navi* | |
| knee | tunu* | |
| breast | sisi* | |
| liver | nema* | |
| water | há̱ | |
| fire | tai* | |
| sun | tau* | |
| star | Surave* | |
| stone | tete* | |
| mountain | yemuri* | |
| tree | kiye* | |
| leaf | Sama* | |
| night | tikari* | |
| dog | siki* | |
| fish | kesi* | |
| louse | ate* | |
| one | Sevi* | |
| two | huta* | |
| five | 'auxɨwi | |
| I | ne* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- Temascaltepec NahuatlUto-Aztecan91% alike
- ArikapúNuclear-Macro-Je89% alike
- TepecanoUto-Aztecan89% alike
- EsselenIsolates85% alike
- KunzaIsolates83% alike
- Western Durango NahuatlUto-Aztecan83% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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