Cora, El Nayar

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
crn
Alternate Names
Cora de El Nayar
Population

9,480 in Mexico (2000 INALI).

Location

North central Nayarit. Also in United States.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Corachol-Aztecan, Cora-Huichol, Cora
Dialects

Cora corapeño, Cora de Dolores, Cora de Rosarito, Jesús María Cora (Cora de Jesús María, El Nayar), La Mesa del Nayar Cora (Cora meseño, Mesa del Nayar), Presidio de los Reyes Cora (Cora presideño), San Francisco Cora (Cora francisqueño).

Typology

VSO, VOS; short nouns, long verbs, affixes, clitics; tonal

Language Use

All ages.

Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1999–2008.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Cora, El Nayar
Writing
Latin script.