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Cora (Corapan)

Cora is a Uto-Aztecan language of central Mexico. Two dialects of the language, Cora de El Nayar and Cora de Santa Teresa, are so different from each other that they are considered separate languages by some linguists. Taken together, the Cora languages are spoken by about 16,000 people, including a community of a few hundred Mexican immigrants in western Colorado.

˜Cora Language Resources –

Cora Vocabulary
Our list of vocabulary words in the Cora language, with comparison to words in other Uto-Aztecan languages.

Cora (Chora, Chota)
Overview of the Cora language including pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. Page in Spanish.

Cora
Scanned-in information of the Cora language from the Rosetta Project. Page in Spanish.

Cora Prayer
The Lord's Prayer in Cora, with English translation.

Mexican Language Map
Map showing the location of indigenous language speakers in Mexico, including Cora.

El Nayar Cora

Santa Teresa Cora
Demographic information about the two Cora dialects from the Ethnologue of Languages.

˜Books For Sale On The Coras –

In a Village Far from Home: My Years Among the Cora Indians of the Sierra Madre
Autobiography of a nurse who lived among the Cora people, for sale online.

The Cora Indians of Baja California
English translation of an 18th-century book on the Cora tribe.

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