Mayo

Facts

  • Language: Mayo
  • Alternate names: Cahita, Yaqui-Mayo, Kahita
  • Language code: mfy
  • Language family: Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Taracahitic, Cahitan (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 32,702
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Mayo people reticent to identify as Mayo. Monolinguals avoid contact with outsiders. Prefer Mayo. Traditional religion, Christian.

    90%% intelligibility with Yaqui.