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Huichol

indigenous language of Mexico
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Summary

Huichol is a language[1]. Huichol ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (929 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Mexico[3]
  • Instance of: modern language[4]
  • Subclass of: Corachol[5], indigenous languages of Mexico[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Huichol language[7]
  • Language regulatory body: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas[8]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 47,625[9]
  • UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable[10]
  • Indigenous to: Wixarika[11], Durango[12], Jalisco[13], Nayarit[14], Zacatecas[15]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/HCH[16]
  • Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[17]
  • Linguistic typology: agglutinative language[18], switch-reference[19], polysynthetic language[20]

Why It Matters

Huichol has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Huichol is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Mexico

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . sic.gob.mx. sic.gob.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Mexico
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → Wixarika, Durango, Jalisco +2
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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