Distribution
The language has two variants, known as Mountain Guarijio ''(guarijío de la sierra)'' and River Guarijio ''(guarijío del río)''. The mountain variant is spoken in the Chihuahuan municipalities of Chínipas Municipality, Chínipas (settlements of Agua Caliente, Chihuahua, Agua Caliente, Arroyo de la Yerba, Benjamín M. Chaparro (Santa Ana), Chínipas de Almada, El Manzanillal, El Trigo de Russo (El Trigo), El Triguito, Guazizaco, Ignacio Valenzuela (Loreto), Los Alamillos de Loreto, Los Llanitos, Chihuahua, Los Llanitos, and Los Pinos, Chihuahua, Los Pinos), Moris Municipality, Moris (settlements of Bermúdez, Chihuahua, Bermudez, Casa Quemada, El Campo Mayo, El Gavilán, El Pilar, Chihuahua, El Pilar, El Saucito (De Beltrán), La Cieneguita de Rodríguez, La Finca de Pesqueira, Los Terreros, Mesa Colorada, Moris, Chihuahua, Moris, Río Santa María, Santa María Grande, Sierra Obscura (El Serruchito), and Trompa), and Uruachi Municipality, Uruachi (settlements of Arechuyvo (Arechuivo), Aremeyvo, Arroyo Seco, Uruachi, Arroyo Seco, Batopilillas, Boca Arroyo del Carrizo (Hornitos), Cachabachi, Cerro Blanco, Chihuahua, Cerro Blanco, Cuiteco, Chacharachi, Chagayvo, Chiltepín, El Barro, El Bosque, Chihuahua, El Bosque, El Carrizo, El Cuzal, El Metate, El Pinito, El Revaje, Gosogachi, Guasaremos, Jecopaco, Jicamorachi, La Barranca, Chihuahua, La Barranca, La Cueva de Diego, La Cumbre (Mexico), La Cumbre, La Mesa de Cereachi, La Nopalera, La Reforma, Chihuahua, La Reforma, Las Pilas, Chihuahua, Las Pilas, Los Hornitos, Los Lajeros, Los Laureles, Chihuahua, Los Laureles, Mesa Quemada, Mocorichi de Arriba, Noriego, Pacayvo, Palmarito (Agua Caliente), San Juan, Chihuahua, San Juan, San Luis, Chihuahua, San Luis, Saucillo de Rico, Sipachi, Tesos, Tojiachi de Abajo, Toribisachi, Uruachi, and Venustiano Carranza (San Luis de Babarocos)). The river variant is found in the Sonoran municipalities of Álamos Municipality, Álamos (settlements of Bavícora, Burapaco, Casas Coloradas, Chorijoa, El Chalate, El Sauz, Guajaray, Huataturi, Jobeg I, La Sauceda, Cerro La Tribuna, La Tribuna, Los Estrados, Mesa Colorada, Mochibampo, Rancho Nuevo, Sonora, Ranch Nuevo, San Bernardo, Sonora, San Bernardo, Sejaqui, and Tecoripa) and Quiriego Municipality, Quiriego (settlements of Batacosa, El Frijolar, Los Bajíos (Ejido los Conejos), and Quiriego). Speakers of Mountain Guarijio self-identify as ''Warihó'' and call River Guarijio speakers ''macurawe'' or ''makulái''. River Guarijio speakers call themselves ''Warihío'' and call Mountain speakers "tarahumaras". Contact between the two groups is scant and, although the linguistic differences between the two are slight, speakers report that mutual comprehension is difficult.Morphology
Guarijio is an agglutinative language, where words are morphologically complex to accomplish various grammatical purposes, i.e. several morphemes are strung together. The Guarijio language Linguistic Typology, typologically has the tendency to show a final verb order. However, the word order in Guarijio is rather free (Miller, 1996).Phonology
The consonant inventory includes: The vowel inventory includes: /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/.Media
Programming in Guarijio is carried by the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, CDI's radio station XEETCH, broadcasting from Etchojoa, Sonora.References
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