Yaqui

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Sonora state: Cócorit, Bácum, Tórim, Vícam, Pótam, Ráhum, Huirivis, and Bélen.

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United States

Language NameYaqui

User Population

640 in United States (2015 census). Ethnic population: 8,000 (Golla 2007).

Location

Arizona: Pascua.

Alternate Names

Hiak-nooki, Yoeme

Language Status

7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.

Language Use

Adults only. Most shifting to English [eng].

Language Development

Retention program instituted in local schools (Golla 2007).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Yaqui speakers in the United States migrated from Mexico at the beginning of the twentieth century (Fernández and Guerrero 2007).