Cora, El Nayar

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
crn
Alternate Names
Cora, Cora de El Nayar, Cora tereseño, Kora, Naáyeri, Naáyeri Niuka
Autonym
Naáyeri Nyuuca
User Population

5,370 (2000 INALI). Total Cora speakers: 33,200 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Nayarit state: north-central.

Language Maps
Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Corachol-Aztecan, Cora-Huichol, Cora
Dialects

Jesús María Cora (Chwísita’na, Cora de Jesús María, El Nayar), La Mesa del Nayar Cora (Cora meseño, Mesa del Nayar, Yaúhke’ena), Presidio de los Reyes Cora (Cora presideño, Múxata’ana), Cora corapeño (Kuráàpa), Cora de Rosarito, Cora de Dolores (Dolores Cora, Wachí hapwa), Los Gavilanes Cora.

Typology

VSO, VOS; short nouns, long verbs, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Used by all. Used as L2 by Huichol [hch].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1999–2008.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Cora, El Nayar
Writing

Latin script [Latn].