Tarahumara language
| Tarahumara | |
|---|---|
| Rarámuri ra'ícha | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Chihuahua |
| Ethnicity | Tarahumara |
Native speakers | 92,000 (2020 census) |
Uto-Aztecan
| |
| Official status | |
Official language in | One of 63 national languages of Mexico |
| Regulated by | Secretaría de Educación Pública |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:tar – Central Tarahumarathh – Northern Tarahumaratcu – Southeastern Tarahumaratwr – Southwestern Tarahumaratac – Western Tarahumara |
| Glottolog | tara1321 |
| ELP | Tarahumara |
Pre-contact (green) and current (red) extent of Tarahumara in Mexico | |
Tarahumara is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
The Tarahumara language (native name Rarámuri/Ralámuli ra'ícha "people language") is a Mexican Indigenous language of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken by around 70,000 Tarahumara (Rarámuri/Ralámuli) people in the state of Chihuahua, according to a 2002 census conducted by the government of Mexico.