Cora, El Nayar
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A language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Cora, Cora de El Nayar, Cora tereseño, Kora, Naáyeri, Naáyeri Niuka
Autonym
Naáyeri Nyuuca
Population
5,370 (2000 INALI).
Location
Nayarit state: north-central.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Dialects
Jesús María Cora (Chwísita’na, Cora de Jesús María, El Nayar), La Mesa del Nayar Cora (Cora meseño, Mesa del Nayar, Yaúhke’ena), Presidio de los Reyes Cora (Cora presideño, Múxata’ana), Cora corapeño (Kuráàpa), Cora de Rosarito, Cora de Dolores (Dolores Cora, Wachí hapwa), Los Gavilanes Cora.
Typology
VSO, VOS; short nouns, long verbs, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use
All ages. Used as L2 by Huichol [hch].
Language Development
Dictionary. NT: 1999–2008.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].