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

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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 Huasteca Potosina
surface form: La Huasteca

Valle del Mezquital
surface form: Mezquital Valley

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 Hñähñu
surface form: Hñotho

Hñähñu
Ñuhu
partOf Oto-Manguean languages
surface form: Oto-Manguean peoples
recognizedBy Government of Mexico
surface form: Mexican government
region Guanajuato
Hidalgo
Michoacán
Estado de México
surface form: México State

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

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Referenced by (13)

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

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