1. Family: Uto-Aztecan
  2. Genus: Tarahumaran

Tarahumara (Central)

WALS coordinates: 27° 30′ N, 107° 30′ W

spoken in Mexico

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Tarahumara
Routledge:
  • Tarahumara
Other:
  • Central Tarahumara,
  • Tarahumara,
  • Tarahumara-Cent
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Phonology
The Velar Nasal No velar nasal
Nominal Categories
Definite Articles Demonstrative word used as definite article
Indefinite Articles Indefinite word same as 'one'
Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb SOV
Order of Subject and Verb SV
Order of Object and Verb OV
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb XOV
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions
Order of Adjective and Noun Adjective-Noun
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
Order of Degree Word and Adjective Degree word-Adjective
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Initial interrogative phrase
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase OV and Postpositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun OV and NRel
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun OV and AdjN
Simple Clauses
Reciprocal Constructions Distinct from reflexive
Negative Morphemes Negative particle
Lexicon
Hand and Arm Identical
Finger and Hand Different
Number of Non-Derived Basic Colour Categories 5
Number of Basic Colour Categories 4.5-5.5
Green and Blue Green/blue
Red and Yellow Red/yellow