Corachol languages explained

Corachol
Region:western Mexico
Fam1:Uto-Aztecan
Fam2:Southern
Familycolor:Uto-Aztecan
Child1:Cora
Child2:Huichol
Glotto:cora1259
Glottorefname:Corachol
Child3:Caxcan?
Child4:Guachichil?
Child5:Zacateco?
Child6:Irritila?

Corachol (alternatively Coracholan, Cora-Huichol or Coran) is a grouping of languages within the Uto-Aztecan language family. The living members of Coracholan are the Huichol and Cora languages, spoken by communities in Jalisco and Nayarit, states in central Mexico. Cazcan, Guachichil, Zacateco, and Lagunero/Irritila may have belonged as well. However, Cazcan is sometimes believed to have been a Nahuan language instead.

Corachol languages are Mesoamerican languages, and display many of the traits defined by the Mesoamerican linguistic area, or sprachbund.