Maps of Koran

Yuta-Nawan at the Time of Contact


Yuta-Nawan at the Time of Contact

Data Sources:  
The LINGUIST List MultiTree Language Database.
Kaufman, Terrence, Stephanie Koerner, et al. 2007. Meso-America. Atlas of the World's Languages, ed. by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley, 56. Oxford: Routledge.
Date Digitized:   17 June 2011

Map Description:
The areas pictured display locations where the Yuta-Nawan subgroup languages were spoken when European explorers first encountered them. As specified by Asher and Moseley, the time of contact varied for each language; most of the coastal languages were first identified during the 16th and 17th centuries, although some languages in the interior of South America became known much later, during the 20th century (Asher, Moseley et al).

This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Altas of the World's Languages.

Other resources related to this project:
This folder (Meso-America at the Time of Contact) contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups and their time of contact. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture.


Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process.

Yuta-Nawan in Contemporary Meso-America


Yuta-Nawan in Contemporary Meso-America

Source:   LINGUIST List  "Uto-Aztecan: Composite 2008." The LINGUIST List MultiTree Language Database.
Data Source: Kaufman, Terrence. 2007. Meso-America. Atlas of the World's Languages, ed. by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley, 57. Oxford: Routledge.
Date Digitized:   22 June 2011

Map Description:
The areas pictured display locations of where Yuta-Nawan languages are spoken today. Although languages of the Northern branch are not featured on this map, they form a vital part of this language stock. Speaker populations for each language vary widely; for example, the largest subgroup, Nawa (or Nahuatl), has a combined population of over 1.5 million, while the Koran subgroup population is estimated at 35,000 for both Kora and Wichol (Asher, Moseley et al.).

This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Altas of the World's Languages.

Other resources related to this project:
This folder (Contemporary Meso-American Languages) contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups and their time of contact. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture.


Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process.