Tarahumara language

Tarahumara
Tarahumara
Rarámuri ra'ícha
Native to	Mexico
Region	Chihuahua
Ethnicity	Tarahumara
Native speakers	92,000 (2020 census)
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Southern Uto-Aztecan Tarahumaran languages Tarahumara; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	One of 63 national languages of Mexico
Regulated by	Secretaría de Educación Pública
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; tar – Central Tarahumara; thh – Northern Tarahumara; tcu – Southeastern Tarahumara; twr – Southwestern Tarahumara; tac – Western Tarahumara
Glottolog	tara1321
ELP	Tarahumara
	Pre-contact (green) and current (red) extent of Tarahumara in Mexico
	Tarahumara is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Tarahumara language (native name Rarámuri/Ralámuli ra'ícha "people language") is a Mexican Indigenous language of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken by around 70,000 Tarahumara (Rarámuri/Ralámuli) people in the state of Chihuahua, according to a 2002 census conducted by the government of Mexico.

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