Oto-Manguean languages

E37554
Mesoamerican language family indigenous languages of the Americas language family

The Oto-Manguean languages are a large and ancient family of indigenous languages of Mesoamerica, spoken primarily in central and southern Mexico and known for their complex tonal systems and significant cultural history.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Oto-Manguean languages canonical 49
Oto-Manguean 24
Oto-Manguean language family 11

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language family ⓘ
indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alternativeName Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
surface form: Otomanguean languages
estimatedNumberOfLanguages dozens of distinct languages ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form: Mesoamerican civilizations

Oaxacan indigenous cultures ⓘ
ritual and oral traditions ⓘ
hasFeature complex tonal systems ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ
nasalization contrasts ⓘ
numeral classifiers in some languages ⓘ
phonemic tone ⓘ
rich inflectional morphology ⓘ
vowel length contrasts ⓘ
hasHistoricalDepth ancient ⓘ
pre-Columbian origin ⓘ
hasLinguisticClassification macro-family debated by some linguists ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Amuzgo ⓘ
Chatino people ⓘ
surface form: Chatino

Chichimeca Jonaz ⓘ
Chinantec people ⓘ
surface form: Chinantec

Chocho ⓘ
Cuicatec ⓘ
Ixcatec ⓘ
Ixcatec language ⓘ
Mazahua ⓘ
Mazatec ⓘ
Mixtec languages ⓘ
surface form: Mixtec

Otomi ⓘ
Pame ⓘ
Popoloca ⓘ
Tlapanecan languages ⓘ
surface form: Tlapanec

Trique ⓘ
Zapotec ⓘ
hasSubfamily Oto-Manguean languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Amuzgoan languages

Chatino people ⓘ
surface form: Chatino languages

Chinantecan languages ⓘ
Mazatecan languages ⓘ
Mixtec languages ⓘ
surface form: Mixtecan languages

Oto-Manguean languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oto-Pamean languages

Popolocan languages ⓘ
Tlapanecan languages ⓘ
Zapotec ⓘ
surface form: Zapotecan languages
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ
surface form: Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
recognizedAs one of the major language families of Mesoamerica ⓘ
one of the oldest language families in the Americas ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Central Mexico ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Southern Mexico
spokenIn Central Mexico ⓘ
Guerrero ⓘ
Hidalgo ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Oaxaca ⓘ
Puebla ⓘ
San Luis Potosí ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Southern Mexico

Veracruz ⓘ
status many languages endangered ⓘ
some languages still vigorously spoken ⓘ
some languages vulnerable ⓘ
usedBy indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ

Referenced by (100)

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

Mesoamerica → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Mixtec civilization → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Oto-Manguean languages → alternativeName → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otomanguean languages
Oto-Manguean languages → hasSubfamily → Oto-Manguean languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Pamean languages
Oto-Manguean languages → hasSubfamily → Oto-Manguean languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amuzgoan languages
southern Mexico → hasLanguageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
Zapotec → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Amuzgo → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Mexico → majorLanguageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Mazatec → subclassOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Mazatec → family → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean
Mazatec → languageFamilyBranch → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Oto-Manguean
Chinantec communities → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Matlatzinca culture → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Matlatzinca culture → subgroupOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otomanguean cultural area
Otomi peoples → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Otomi peoples → partOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean peoples
Otomi → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean
Mazahua → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean
Matlatzinca → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean
Mesoamerican linguistic area → includesLanguageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Morris Swadesh → languagesStudied → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Purépecha language → notGeneticallyRelatedTo → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Zapotec people → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Zapotec people → partOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean peoples
Mixtec languages → subclassOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean language family
Mixtec languages → partOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Mixtec languages → hasLanguageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean
Mixtec languages → hasAncestor → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Oto-Manguean language
Mixteca Baja → languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Tilantongo → historicalLanguageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Chichimeca peoples → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Mixe–Zoquean languages → arealContactWith → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Mixteca Alta → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Chatino people → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Mazatec languages → subclassOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Mazatec languages → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean
Mixtec people → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Chinantecan languages → subfamilyOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Chinantecan languages → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Chinantecan languages → arePartOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean stock
Tlapanecan languages → partOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean language family
Tlapanecan languages → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean
Tlapanecan languages → geneticClassification → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean
Chinantec people → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Ixcatec language → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Triqui language → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Triqui language → isPartOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean language area
Popoloca → partOf → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean language family
Popoloca → languageFamily → Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oto-Manguean