The Tarahumaran languages is a branch of the
Uto-Aztecan language family
Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztekan or (rarely in English) Uto-Nahuatl is a family of indigenous languages of the Americas, consisting of over thirty languages. Uto-Aztecan languages are found almost entirely in the Western United States and Mexico. The na ...
that comprises the
Tarahumara and
Huarijio language
Huarijio (''Huarijío'' in Spanish; also spelled Guarijío, Varihío, and Warihío) is a Uto-Aztecan language of the states of Chihuahua and Sonora in northwestern Mexico. It is spoken by around 2,100 Huarijio people, most of whom are monolin ...
s of Northern Mexico. The branch has been considered to be part of the
Taracahitic languages
The Taracahitic languages (occasionally called Taracahita or Taracahitan) form a putative branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family of Mexico. The best known is Tarahumara.
Languages
*Tarahumaran
:: Tarahumara
:: Guarijío (Huarijio, Varihio) ...
, but this group is no longer considered a valid genetic unit.
[Hill, J. H. (2011). Subgrouping in Uto-Aztecan. Language Dynamics and Change, 1(2), 241-278.]
References
Southern Uto-Aztecan languages
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