Uto-Aztecan family
Yaqui
1500 CE – today Living
Yaqui (1500 CE – today) is a living Uto-Aztecan language. Lineage: Proto-Uto-Aztecan → Yaqui.
See Yaqui on the interactive map- Speakers
- 17K (17,000)
- ISO 639-3
- yaq
- Glottocode
- yaqu1251
Cahitan branch, spoken in Sonora and Arizona. Closely related to Mayo.
Lineage
- Proto-Uto-Aztecanc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
- Yaqui1500 CE – today
Sister languages 4
Also descended from Proto-Uto-Aztecan.