Cahitan languages

Cahitan
Ethnicity:	Cáhita
Linguistic classification:	Uto-Aztecan Southern Cahitan
Subdivisions:	Yaqui Mayo
Glottolog:	`cahi1243`^[1]

The Cahitan languages is a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family that comprises the Yaqui and the Mayo languages, both of Northern Mexico. The branch has been considered to be part of the Taracahitic languages, but this is no longer considered a valid genetic unit.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Cahita". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Shaul, D. L. (2014). A Prehistory of Western North America: The Impact of Uto-Aztecan Languages. UNM Press.
↑ Hill, J. H. (2011). Subgrouping in Uto-Aztecan. Language Dynamics and Change, 1(2), 241-278.

Uto-Aztecan languages

Northern

Numic	Colorado River (Chemehuevi, Southern Paiute, Ute) Comanche Kawaiisu Mono Northern Paiute (including Bannock) Shoshoni (including Gosiute) Timbisha

Takic	Cahuilla Cupeño Kitanemuk Luiseño-Juaneño Serrano Tongva

Other	Hopi Tübatulabal

Southern

Tepiman	Northern Tepehuan O'odham Pima Bajo Southern Tepehuan Tepecano

Tarahumaran	Downriver Guarijio Tarahumara Tubar Upriver Guarijio

Opatan	Eudeve Opata

Cahita	Yaqui Mayo

Corachol	Cora Huichol

Aztecan	Nahuatl Pipil Pochutec

Italics indicate extinct languages

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