Huichol (Wixárika Niukiyari)

Huichol is an Uto-Aztecan language spoken in mainly in the Mexican state of Jalisco, and also in Nayarit, Zacatecas, Puebla and Durango. In 2010 there were 45,000 speakers of Huichol, which is also known as Vixaritari Vaniuqui, and Vizaritari Vaniuki.

Huichol is recognized as a national language in Mexico. It is used on one radio station, and there is a music group that writes songs in Huichol. It is written with the Latin alphabet, and there are several spelling systems. The one shown below is the one currently in use.

Huichol alphabet and pronunciation

Huichol alphabet and pronunciation

Download a script chart for Huichol (Excel)
Details of the Huichol alphabet provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF), with corrections by Michael Peter Füstumum

Note

The glottal stop may also be written ', as in the text below.

Sample text

  1. Mɨkɨ mɨpaɨ katiniwarutahɨawe: —Kepauka xemɨyunenewie 'ipaɨ xekeneutiyuaneni: »“Ta'ukiyari taheima pemakawe, kepemɨtitewa patsietɨ kehayeitɨariwani. 'Enata keneutsutɨa peti'aitatɨ. Kwiepa yameketeyurieka kemɨmatinake, taheima kememɨteyurie.
  2. 'Ikwai tukarikɨ ketemɨteheiyehɨwa, tukarikɨ yaketatinemikwani.
  3. 'Axaketemɨte'uyuri ketatineuyehɨwirieka, tameta temɨtewareuyehɨwiriekaku mɨkɨ 'axamemɨtatsiyurie yunaime. Pepɨkatatsipitɨaka temɨta'inɨatsienikɨ”.

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/830/LUK.11.HCH

Translation

  1. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
  2. Give us day by day our daily bread.
  3. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
    The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample videos in and about Huichol

Information about Huichol | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about the Huichol language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huichol_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huichol_(langue)
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_huichol
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huichol-Sprache
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/hch
http://www.native-languages.org/huichol_guide.htm
http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/huic1243

Uto-Aztecan languages

Comanche, Cora, Hopi, Huarijio, Huichol, Ivilyuat / Cahuilla, Kawaiisu, Luiseño, Mayo, Mono, O'odham, Nahuatl, Nahuatl (Eastern Huasteca), Nahuatl (Guerrero), Nahuatl (Tetelcingo), Nawat (Pipil), Northern Paiute, Serrano, Shoshone, Southern Paiute, Tarahumara, Tepehuán (Northern), Tepehuán (Southeastern), Tepehuán (Southwestern), Timbisha, Tongva, Yaqui

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page last modified: 28.09.25

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