Tarahumara language  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search Rarámuri ra'ícha Native to Mexico Region
Chihuahua Ethnicity Tarahumara people Native speakers
85,000 (2010 census)[1] Official status Official language in One
of 63 national languages of Mexico [2] Regulated by Secretaría
de Educación Pública Language codes ISO 639-3 Variously:
tar – Central Tarahumara thh – Northern Tarahumara
tcu – Southeastern Tarahumara twr – Southwestern Tarahumara
tac – Western Tarahumara Glottolog tara1321[2]  The Tarahumara
language (native name Rarámuri/Ralámuli ra'ícha "people
language"[3]) is a Mexican indigenous language of the Uto-
Aztecan language family spoken by around 70,000 Tarahumara
(Rarámuri/Ralámuli) people in the state of Chihuahua, according
to an estimate by the government of Mexico.[4][what is the date
of the commission's report?]  Genetic affiliation[edit]
Tarahumara was previously considered to belong to the
Taracahitic group of the Uto-Aztecan languages, but this
grouping is no