Oto-Pamean

E585610

Oto-Pamean is a branch of the Oto-Manguean language family comprising several indigenous languages of central Mexico, including the Otomi and related groups.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Oto-Pamean languages 5
Oto-Pamean canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oto-Manguean language subgroup
language family branch
country Mexico
ethnolinguisticGroup Chichimeca Jonaz people NERFINISHED
Matlatzinca people NERFINISHED
Mazahua people NERFINISHED
Otomi people NERFINISHED
Pame people NERFINISHED
Tlahuica people NERFINISHED
glottologCode otop1240
hasAlternativeName Oto-Pame NERFINISHED
Otomian–Pamean NERFINISHED
hasFeature complex verbal morphology
nasalization contrasts in vowels
rich aspectual systems
tone used for lexical and grammatical contrasts
hasMember Chichimeca Jonaz language NERFINISHED
Matlatzinca language NERFINISHED
Mazahua language NERFINISHED
Otomi languages NERFINISHED
Pame languages
Tlahuica language NERFINISHED
hasSubgroup Otomian NERFINISHED
Pamean
languageFamily Oto-Manguean NERFINISHED
partOf Oto-Manguean language family NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI) NERFINISHED
region central Mexico
relatedTo Chinantecan languages NERFINISHED
Mixtecan languages NERFINISHED
Zapotecan languages NERFINISHED
spokenIn Guanajuato NERFINISHED
Hidalgo NERFINISHED
Michoacán NERFINISHED
México State
Querétaro NERFINISHED
San Luis Potosí NERFINISHED
status indigenous languages of Mexico
subjectOf comparative-historical linguistic research
timeDepth pre-Columbian
typology predominantly head-marking
tonal language family
verb-initial or flexible word order
undergoes language shift to Spanish in many communities
usedFor local administration in some communities
oral tradition
ritual practices
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

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

Otomi subfamily Oto-Pamean
Matlatzinca languageBranch Oto-Pamean
this entity surface form: Oto-Pamean languages
Chinantecan languages areRelatedTo Oto-Pamean
this entity surface form: Oto-Pamean languages
Pame subclassOf Oto-Pamean
this entity surface form: Oto-Pamean languages
Chichimeca Jonaz subfamily Oto-Pamean
Chichimeca Jonaz languageFamilyBranch Oto-Pamean
this entity surface form: Oto-Pamean languages
Mazahua people languageBranch Oto-Pamean
this entity surface form: Oto-Pamean languages