A report on Huichol language

Indigenous language of Mexico which belongs to the Uto-Aztecan language family.

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Jalisco

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One of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

One of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

Along the shore of Lake Chapala
Near the Primavera Forest
View of a sunny day near Mascota, Jalisco in January
A Wixárika man making a beaded jaguar head
Regions of Jalisco
Four physiographic regions of Jalisco
View of Mascota, Jalisco
Figure; 2nd century; ceramic; height: 7.9 cm (3 in.); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
Cristóbal de Olid leads Spanish soldiers with Tlaxcalan allies in the conquests of Jalisco, 1522. From Lienzo de Tlaxcala.
Painting of Prisciliano Sánchez, first governor of the state
View of Puerto Vallarta
Colorful painted egg shells, filled with confetti, handmade by village children and used to celebrate the most important traditions of Ajijic, Jalisco.
Typical Mariachi of Jalisco.
Akron Stadium
Chivas banner at a game
Parroquia de Santiago Apostol, in Tequila
Parroquia de San Antonio, in Tapalpa
Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion, en Lagos de Moreno
Parroquia de San Miguel Arcangel in San Miguel el Alto
Guadalajara Cathedral
Parroquia de San Francisco in Tepatitlán de Morelos
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos in San Juan de los Lagos, 2nd most visited religious center in the country
Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, in Zapopan
Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, in Talpa de Allende
Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, in Puerto Vallarta

As of 2010, the most common indigenous language is Huichol with 18,409 speakers, followed by Nahuatl at 11,650, then Purépecha at 3,960 and variations of Mixtec at 2,001.

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Uto-Aztecan languages

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Family of indigenous languages of the Americas, consisting of over thirty languages.

Family of indigenous languages of the Americas, consisting of over thirty languages.

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The Southern languages are divided into the Tepiman languages (including O'odham and Tepehuán), the Tarahumaran languages (including Raramuri and Guarijio), the Cahitan languages (including Yaqui and Mayo), the Coracholan languages (including Cora and Huichol), and the Nahuan languages.

Huichol women and children

Huichol

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Indigenous people of Mexico and the United States living in the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Durango, as well as in the United States in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Indigenous people of Mexico and the United States living in the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Durango, as well as in the United States in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Huichol women and children
Location of the Huichols in western Mexico
A Nayarit tomb figure in the permanent collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.
Photo of Huichol woman and child.
Representation of the god Kauyumari (Blue Deer)
Altar of the dead in wixarika school.
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Huichol yarn painting
This blue beaded Huichol art bear depicts symbols of peyote, scorpion, and corn.
Wixarika artist with a big lion sculpture covered with crystal beads in Arte Marakame gallery.
Huichol mara'akame (shaman).

They are best known to the larger world as the Huichol, although they refer to themselves as Wixáritari ("the people") in their native Huichol language.

Zacatecas

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One of the 31 states of Mexico.

One of the 31 states of Mexico.

Stream in the Sierra de Cardos, part of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
Yucca decipiens in the state
Sierra of Organos National Park
Agriculture in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
Huichol woman and child
Zacatecan Danza de Matachines (Dance of the Matachines)
View of the Salón de las Columnas in La Quemada.

Indigenous languages spoken in the state include Huichol (1000 speakers), Nahuatl (500), Tepehuan (just under 500) and Tlapanec (about 400).

Corachol languages

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Grouping of languages within the Uto-Aztecan language family.

Grouping of languages within the Uto-Aztecan language family.

The living members of Coracholan are the Huichol and Cora languages, spoken by communities in Jalisco and Nayarit, states in central Mexico.

A page of the Florentine Codex written in romanized Nahuatl (Nahuatl is not known to have been a written language prior to its romanization).

Languages of Mexico

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De facto national language spoken by the vast majority of the population, making Mexico the world's most populous Hispanophone country.

De facto national language spoken by the vast majority of the population, making Mexico the world's most populous Hispanophone country.

A page of the Florentine Codex written in romanized Nahuatl (Nahuatl is not known to have been a written language prior to its romanization).
Grammar of Mexican language by Carochi
Mexico is home to some of the world's oldest writing systems such as Maya script. Maya writing uses logograms complemented by a set of alphabetical or syllabic glyphs and characters, similar in function to modern Japanese writing.
map for the year 2000 of the indigenous languages of Mexico having more than 100,000 speakers.
Dialect division of Spanish in Mexico, according to Lope Blanch.

Corachol branch: Cora and Huichol

XEJMN-AM

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XEJMN-AM (La Voz de los Cuatro Pueblos – "The Voice of the Four Peoples") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish, Cora, Huichol, Southeastern Tepehuán and Nahuatl from Jesús María, municipality of El Nayar, in the Mexican state of Nayarit.

Jesús María, Nayarit

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Municipal seat of the municipality of El Nayar in the Mexican state of Nayarit in Mexico.

Municipal seat of the municipality of El Nayar in the Mexican state of Nayarit in Mexico.

XEJMN-AM, a government-run indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Cora, Huichol, Tepehuano and Nahuatl, is based in Jesús María.