Otomi language

E537451
Mesoamerican language Oto-Manguean language indigenous language tonal language

The Otomi language is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of central Mexico, spoken in several regional varieties by the Otomi people and known for its complex tonal and grammatical systems.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Otomí language 3
Otomi language canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language ⓘ
Oto-Manguean language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Otomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
classificationStatus dialect cluster ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicity Otomi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
family Oto-Manguean language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Hñähñu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Otomí NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ñuhu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialects Acazulco Otomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ixtenco Otomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mezquital Otomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Querétaro Otomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sierra Otomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tenango Otomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texcatepec Otomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tilapa Otomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature aspect-based verbal inflection ⓘ
complex grammatical system ⓘ
complex tonal system ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ
head-marking morphology ⓘ
nasalization contrast ⓘ
pronominal clitics ⓘ
verb–initial word order tendencies ⓘ
hasSpeakersEstimate hundreds of thousands of speakers ⓘ
isPartOf Mesoamerican Linguistic Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Oto-Manguean NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Oto-Pamean NERFINISHED ⓘ
macrolanguageStatus ISO 639-3: oto ⓘ
recognizedBy Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI) NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Guanajuato NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hidalgo NERFINISHED ⓘ
México state NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puebla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Querétaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tlaxcala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Veracruz NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy Otomi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
central Mexico ⓘ
subfamily Oto-Pamean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor daily communication in Otomi communities ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
traditional rituals ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

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

Otomi peoples → language → Otomi language ⓘ
Otomi peoples → ethnonymLanguage → Otomi language ⓘ
Mazahua → neighboringLanguage → Otomi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otomí language
Valle del Mezquital → hasTraditionalLanguage → Otomi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otomí language
Sierra de Tenango → languageRegion → Otomi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otomí language