Yaqui

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
yaq
Population

11,800 in Mexico (2000 INALI). Population total all countries: 12,230.

Location

Sonora. Also in United States.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Taracahitic, Cahitan
Dialects

Partial intelligibility of Mayo [mfy].

Typology

SOV; affixes, clitics; median word length; single underlying tone

Language Use

All ages. Some also use English [eng].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1977–2011.
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.

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