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The Western Dialect of Central (tcu) Central (tar) Northern (thh) Western (twr) Western (tac) > LINGUIST List Language Search

Name: Western
Alternate Names: Tarahumara, Lowland; Western Tarahumara; Tarahumara del Poniente; Ralámuli de la Tarahumara Baja; Rocoroibo; Baja Tarahumara; Tarahumara (Western); Tarahumara Baja; Taraumara; Tarahumara; Vorohio
Spoken in: Mexico
Number of speakers: 39,800 (1996 census) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 10031 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 15000 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: tac
Code Authority: ISO 639-3
Code Standard: SIL
Families: Uto-Aztecan (Yuta-Nawan)
Parent Dialects: Central; Tarahumara, Southeastern; Tarahumara del Sureste; Tarahumara de Chinatú; Taraumara; Tarahumara; Vorohio; Samachique (tcu) Central; Tarahumara, Central; Tarahumara del Centro; Samachique Tarahumara; Tarahumara (Central); Taraumara; Tarahumara; Samachique; Vorohio (tar) Northern; Tarahumara, Northern; Tarahumara del Norte; Ariseachi Tarahumara; Taraumara; Tarahumara; Ariseachi; Vorohio (thh) Western; Tarahumara, Southwestern; Tarahumara del Suroeste; Tubare; Taraumara; Tarahumara; South-western; Vorohio; Rocoroibo (twr) Western; Tarahumara, Lowland; Western Tarahumara; Tarahumara del Poniente; Ralámuli de la Tarahumara Baja; Rocoroibo; Baja Tarahumara; Tarahumara (Western); Tarahumara Baja; Taraumara; Tarahumara; Vorohio (tac)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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