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ALSO KNOWN AS		Tarahumara, Southwestern, Tarahumara del Suroeste, Tubare, Taraumara, Tarahumara, South-western, Vorohio, Rocoroibo
CLASSIFICATION		Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Tarahumaran
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tar, thh, tcu, twr, tac
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Western Central Southwestern Northern Southeastern
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue distinguishes 5 Tarahumara languages: Tarahumara, Central [tar] Tarahumara, Northern [thh] Tarahumara, Southeastern [tcu] Tarahumara, Southwestern [twr] Tarahumara, Western [tac]. INALI also has 5 "variantes" of Tarahumara.

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Information from: “México. Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales en Riesgo de Desaparición” . Javier López Sánchez and Alejandra Arellano Martínez and Almandina Cárdenas Demay and Marisol Flores Castro (2012) , Arnulfo Embriz Osorio and Óscar Zamora Alarcón (coordinadores) · INALI

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
85,018
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(2010 census); (Sánchez et al. 2012:24)

DATE OF INFO: 2010

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
95,200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Ethnologue distinguishes 5 Tarahumara languages: Tarahumara, Central [tar]: 55,000 (2000).
Tarahumara, Northern [thh]: 300 (1993).
Tarahumara, Southeastern [tcu]: No estimate available.
Tarahumara, Southwestern [twr]: 100 (1983).
Tarahumara, Western [tac]: 39,800 (1996).

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Ethnologue distinguishes 5 Tarahumara languages: Tarahumara, Central [tar]: 55,000 (2000).
Tarahumara, Northern [thh]: 300 (1993).
Tarahumara, Southeastern [tcu]: No estimate available.
Tarahumara, Southwestern [twr]: 100 (1983).
Tarahumara, Western [tac]: 39,800 (1996).

PLACES: Mexico;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Chihuahua, Mexico

PLACES: Mexico

		World Oral Literature Project					http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		100		100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2012	México. Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales en Riesgo de Desaparición	Arnulfo Embriz Osorio and Óscar Zamora Alarcón (coordinadores)	INALI	México	Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas	http://site.inali.gob.mx/pdf/libro_lenguas_indigenas_nacionales_en_riesgo_de_desaparicion.pdf	Javier López Sánchez and Alejandra Arellano Martínez and Almandina Cárdenas Demay and Marisol Flores Castro	Javier López Sánchez, Alejandra Arellano Martínez, Almandina Cárdenas Demay and Marisol Flores Castro. 2012. "México. Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales En Riesgo De Desaparición." edited by Arnulfo Embriz Osorio and Óscar Zamora Alarcón (coordinadores). INALI. Online: http://site.inali.gob.mx/pdf/libro_lenguas_indigenas_nacionales_en_riesgo_de_desaparicion.pdf.		85,018	2010	10000-99999	(2010 census); (Sánchez et al. 2012:24)	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		GeoHack - Chihuahua					http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Chihuahua_%%28state%%29&params=28_48_51_N_106_26_22_W_type:adm1st_region:MX-CHH_source:nlwiki		"GeoHack - Chihuahua." Online: http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Chihuahua_%%28state%%29&params=28_48_51_N_106_26_22_W_type:adm1st_region:MX-CHH_source:nlwiki.								Chihuahua, Mexico	28.814167,-106.439444
		Glottolog					http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.								Mexico	28.61, -107.66; 26.73, -106.71; 27.46, -107.85; 27.03, -107.58; 27.56, -107.15
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	95,200		10000-99999	Ethnologue distinguishes 5 Tarahumara languages: Tarahumara, Central [tar]: 55,000 (2000). Tarahumara, Northern [thh]: 300 (1993). Tarahumara, Southeastern [tcu]: No estimate available. Tarahumara, Southwestern [twr]: 100 (1983). Tarahumara, Western [tac]: 39,800 (1996).	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Ethnologue distinguishes 5 Tarahumara languages: Tarahumara, Central [tar]: 55,000 (2000). Tarahumara, Northern [thh]: 300 (1993). Tarahumara, Southeastern [tcu]: No estimate available. Tarahumara, Southwestern [twr]: 100 (1983). Tarahumara, Western [tac]: 39,800 (1996).	Mexico;

Tarahumara

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

85,018

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

95,200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Discussion

Tarahumara

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

85,018

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

95,200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Discussion

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