Otomi

E141974

Otomi is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Otomi people across several states in central Mexico.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Otomi canonical 5
Otomí 4
Tilapa Otomi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language
language
ethnicGroup Otomi people
linked to: Otomi peoples
governingBody Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
hasAlternativeName Hñähñu
Othomi
Ñuhu
hasBasicWordOrder VOS
VSO
hasDialects Acazulco Otomi
Ixtenco Otomi
Mezquital Otomi
Querétaro Otomi
linked to: Mezquital Otomi

Sierra Otomi
linked to: Sierra Totonac

Tenango Otomi
Texcatepec Otomi
Tilapa Otomi
linked to: Otomi

Tilhuitlán Otomi
hasGlottologCode otom1299
hasGlottologName Otomi
hasISO639-2Code oto
hasISO639-5Code oto
hasLanguageEndangerment intergenerational transmission weakening in some communities
hasLinguisticArea Mesoamerican linguistic area
hasMorphologyType fusional
polysynthetic
hasOfficialRecognition recognized as national language of Mexico
hasPhonologicalFeature nasal vowels
tone
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
languageFamily Oto-Manguean
languageStatus vulnerable
spokenBy Otomi people
linked to: Otomi peoples
spokenInCountry Mexico
spokenInRegion Central Mexico
spokenInState Hidalgo
Michoacán
México State
linked to: Estado de México

Puebla
Querétaro
Tlaxcala
Veracruz
subfamily Oto-Pamean
usedIn local education programs
oral literature
traditional rituals

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Hidalgo hasIndigenousLanguages Otomí
linked to: Otomi
Otomi hasGlottologName Otomi
Otomi hasDialects Tilapa Otomi
linked to: Otomi
Valle del Mezquital hasIndigenousPeople Otomí
linked to: Otomi
Valle del Mezquital hasSecondaryLanguage Otomí
linked to: Otomi
Ixmiquilpan hasIndigenousLanguage Otomí
linked to: Otomi