Yaqui

:Yaqui is also the name of the language of the Yaqui people, and the name of a river that flows through Sonora. See: Yaqui language and R?o Yaqui.

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The Yaqui are a Native American people who live in region comprising the northern Mexican state of Sonora and the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona. The Yaqui call themselves "Yoeme," the Yaqui word for person ("yoemem" or "yo'emem" meaning "people"). The Yaqui call their homeland "Hiakim," from which the name "Yaqui" is derived.

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Yaqui language: Yaqui (Yoem Noki), or Yoeme, is a Native American language of the Uto-Aztecan family. It is spoken by about 15,000 people in Mexico's Sonora region, and by about 350 people in Arizona....

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