Cora language

Not to be confused with Waikuri language.
Cora
naáyarite
Region
EthnicityCora
Native speakers
33,000 (2020 census)[1]
Official status
Regulated bySecretaría de Educación Pública
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
crn – El Nayar Cora
cok – Santa Teresa Cora
Glottologcora1260
ELPCora
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Cora is an indigenous language of Mexico of the Uto-Aztecan language family, spoken by approximately 30,000 people.[2] It is spoken by the ethnic group that is widely known as the Cora, but who refer to themselves as Naáyarite. The Cora inhabit the northern sierra of the Mexican state Nayarit which is named after its indigenous inhabitants. A significant portion of Cora speakers have formed an expatriate community along the southwestern part of Colorado in the United States.[3] Cora is a Mesoamerican language and shows many of the traits defining the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area[citation needed]. Under the General Law of Linguistic Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, it is recognized as a "national language", along with 62 other indigenous languages and Spanish which have the same "validity" in Mexico.[4]

  1. ^ Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020 INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.
  2. ^ "Cora language, alphabet and pronunciation". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  3. ^ Hoffmann, Dorothea (2013). "From Space to Time: A Cognitive Analysis of the Cora Locative System and Its Temporal Extensions by Eugene H. Casad". Anthropological Linguistics. 55 (3): 301–304. doi:10.1353/anl.2013.0018. ISSN 1944-6527. S2CID 144327156.
  4. ^ "LEY GENERAL DE DERECHOS LINGÜÍSTICOS DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS". Archived from the original on 2007-02-08.