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 peoples
surface form: Otomi people
governingBody Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
hasAlternativeName Hñähñu
Othomi
Ñuhu
hasBasicWordOrder VOS
VSO
hasDialects Acazulco Otomi
Ixtenco Otomi
Mezquital Otomi
Mezquital Otomi
surface form: Querétaro Otomi

Sierra Totonac
surface form: Sierra Otomi

Tenango Otomi
Texcatepec Otomi
Otomi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tilapa Otomi

Tilhuitlán Otomi
hasGlottologCode otom1299
hasGlottologName Otomi self-link
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 alphabet
surface form: Latin script
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
surface form: Oto-Manguean
languageStatus vulnerable
spokenBy Otomi peoples
surface form: Otomi people
spokenInCountry Mexico
spokenInRegion Central Mexico
spokenInState Hidalgo
Michoacán
Estado de México
surface form: México State

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 Otomi
this entity surface form: Otomí
Otomi hasGlottologName Otomi self-link
Otomi hasDialects Otomi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tilapa Otomi
Valle del Mezquital hasIndigenousPeople Otomi
this entity surface form: Otomí
Valle del Mezquital hasSecondaryLanguage Otomi
this entity surface form: Otomí
Ixmiquilpan hasIndigenousLanguage Otomi
this entity surface form: Otomí