Otomi peoples

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The Otomi peoples are an indigenous group of central Mexico known for their distinct Oto-Manguean language, rich textile and ritual traditions, and long history predating and enduring through Spanish colonization.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Otomi people 5
Otomí people 5
Otomi cultures 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican people
ethnic group
indigenous people
continent North America
country Mexico
culturalHeritage Mesoamerican cosmology
culturalPractice ritual dances
shamanic practices
traditional fiestas
culturalRegion La Huasteca
linked to: Huasteca Potosina

Mezquital Valley
linked to: Valle del Mezquital

Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Norte de Puebla
ethnicGroupOf Mexico
ethnicPopulation hundreds of thousands
ethnonymLanguage Otomi language
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
historicalEvent Spanish colonization of the Americas
historicalPeriod pre-Columbian era
knownFor colorful textiles
embroidery
rich textile traditions
ritual traditions
language Otomi language
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
legalStatus indigenous people recognized in Mexico
linguisticStatus indigenous language of Mexico
locatedIn Central Mexico
nativeName Hñotho
linked to: Hñähñu

Hñähñu
Ñuhu
partOf Oto-Manguean peoples
recognizedBy Mexican government
region Guanajuato
Hidalgo
Michoacán
México State
linked to: Estado de México

Puebla
Querétaro
San Luis Potosí
Tlaxcala
Veracruz
religion Roman Catholicism
indigenous Mesoamerican religion
syncretic religion
traditionalOccupation agriculture
ceramics
craft production
textile production
weaving
UNESCOStatus endangered language group

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Mexico preColumbianCulture Otomi cultures
linked to: Otomi peoples
Hidalgo hasCulturalGroup Otomí people
linked to: Otomi peoples
Michoacán hasEthnicGroup Otomí people
linked to: Otomi peoples
indigenous peoples of Mexico majorEthnicGroup Otomí people
linked to: Otomi peoples
Ocoyoacac hasEthnicGroup Otomi people
linked to: Otomi peoples
Toluca Valley hasIndigenousPresence Otomi people
linked to: Otomi peoples
Otomi spokenBy Otomi people
linked to: Otomi peoples
Otomi ethnicGroup Otomi people
linked to: Otomi peoples
Ixmiquilpan hasCulturalHeritage Otomí people
linked to: Otomi peoples
Mazahua people relatedEthnicGroup Otomi people
linked to: Otomi peoples
El Cerrito archaeological zone hasCulturalAssociation Otomi groups
linked to: Otomi peoples
Sierra Norte de Puebla inhabitedBy Otomí people
linked to: Otomi peoples