Otomi, Estado de México
PrintA language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Hñatho, Otomí de San Felipe Santiago, Otomí del Estado de México, State of Mexico Otomi
Population
20,000 (2010 SIL). 440 monolinguals.
Location
Mexico State, Chapa de Mota, San Bartolo Morelos, San Felipe Santiago, and Santa Clara de Juarez.
Language Maps
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Dialects
San Felipe Santiago Otomí. 73% intelligibility of Mezquital Otomi [ote] (most similar).
Typology
VOS; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal
Language Use
The vast majority of monolinguals are over 50. But in the Morelos Municipality, a small percentage of children go to school not knowing Spanish [spa] (2011 SIL).
Language Development
NT: 1975.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
Traditional religion, Christian.