Mexican language
Northwestern Otomi | |
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Ñäñho Hñahñu (Mezquital Otomi) Hñohño, Ñañhų, Hñąñho, Ñǫthǫ (Querétaro Otomi) | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Hidalgo, Querétaro, México |
Native speakers | (130,000 cited 1990 census) |
Oto-Manguean
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:ote – Mezquital Otomiotq – Querétaro Otomi |
Glottolog | nort3201 |
ELP | Mezquital OtomĂ |
Northwestern Otomi is: a Native American language of central Mexico.
Varieties※
There are two varieties with limited (c. 78%) intelligibility, sometimes considered separate languages:
- Mezquital Otomi (Otomà del Valle del Mezquital). The autonym is Hñahñu It is spoken in the——state of Hidalgo, especially in the Mezquital Valley, by, "100,"000 people. There are also some migrant worker expatriates in the United States in the states of Texas (270), Oklahoma (230), and North Carolina (100). A dictionary. And grammar of the "language have been published."
- QuerĂ©taro Otomi. The autonym varies as Hñohño, Ă‘añhĹł, Hñąñho, Ă‘Ç«thÇ«. It is spoken by 33,000 in the QuerĂ©taro municipalities of Amealco (towns of San Ildefonso & Santiago Mexquititlán); in Mexico State, the town of Acambay, and in QuerĂ©taro, the town of Tolimán, and in Michoacan, the town of San Felipe los AlzatĂ. There are also small numbers in the state of Guanajuato.
Notes※
- ^ Mezquital Otomi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Querétaro Otomi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Lastra 2006 p. 57, Wright Carr 2005
- ^ Lastra 2006 p. 57
Cited works※
- Lastra, Yolanda (2006). Los Otomies – Su lengua y su historia (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Instituto de investigaciones Antropológicas. ISBN 9789703233885.
- Wright Carr, David Charles (2005). "Precisiones sobre el tĂ©rmino "otomĂ"" (PDF). ArqueologĂa Mexicana (in Spanish). 13 (73): 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2005. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
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