Huarijío

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A language of Mexico

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Alternate Names
Guarijío, Maculái, Macurawe, Macurái, Makurawe, Varihío, Varijío, Varohio, Vorijío, Warihó
Autonym
Warijio
User Population

2,140 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Chihuahua state: Río Chinipas east to Sonora state border; San Bernardo, to headwaters of Río Mayo. 17 or more villages or hamlets. West Sierra Madre mountains.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Taracahitic, Tarahumaran
Dialects

Highland Guarijío, Lowland Huarijío. Intelligibility of Tarahumara languages less than 50%. Maculai (Macurawe, Macuyawe), formerly used by upriver Huarijio to refer to downriver Huarijio. Refer to themselves as Huarijio, Macurawe or Macuyawe. Old ruins of Macoyawi, now under Lake Mocutzari, was presumably a village of theirs.

Typology

OVS; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2016.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Huarijío
Writing

Latin script [Latn].