Crn

Also Known As: Cora de el Nayar,Cora, El Nayar,Cora language Description: The Cora language is an indigenous language of Mexico of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family. It is spoken by the ethnic group that is widely known as the Cora but who refer to themselves as Naáyarite. The Cora inhabit the northern sierra of the Mexican state Nayarit which is named after its indigenous inhabitants. Cora is a Mesoamerican language and shows many of the traits defining the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area. Under the "Law of Linguistic Rights" it is recognized as a "national language" along with 62 other indigenous languages and Spanish which have the same "validity" in Mexico . There are two main variants of Cora. One is that spoken in the Sierra de Nayarit ranges of Jalisco, called Cora del Nayar or Cora Meseño, with approximately 9,000 speakers (1993 census). The other variant is called Cora de Santa Teresa and is spoken by approximately 7,000 people (1993 census) in north-central Nayarit. Cora de Santa Teresa has such a low degree of mutual intelligibility with other Cora speech communities that Ethnologue considers it a separate variety. Due to recent migrations a small community of Coras exist in the United States in western Colorado. The closest relatives of the Cora..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Cora, El Nayar Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/crn/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: Mexico Spoken In: Regions: Americas ISO 639-3 Code: crn Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Uto-Aztecan Group     Southern Uto-Aztecan Group       Sonoran Group         Corachol Group           Cora, El Nayar Language