Tarahumara, Southwestern

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
twr
Alternate Names
Tarahumara del Suroeste, Tubare
User Population

100 (1983 SIL).

Location

Chihuahua state: Tubare.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Taracahitic, Tarahumaran, Tarahumara
Typology

Nontonal.

Language Use

Older adults only. Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tarahumara, Southwestern
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Area where extinct Tubare [tbu] language was spoken.