Otomi, Mezquital
A language of Mexico
| Population | 100,000 in Mexico (1990 census). 100 in North Carolina, USA. |
| Region | Hidalgo, Mezquital Valley; Florida, USA. Also in United States. |
| Language map |
Western Central Mexico, reference number 49 |
| Alternate names | Hñahñu, Otomí del Valle del Mezquital |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Otopamean, Otomian, Otomi |
| Language development | Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1970. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Pastoralists: sheep, goats; swidden agriculturalists: maize. Traditional religion, Christian. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
ANDREWS, Enriqueta, compiler. 1950. Vocabulario otomí de Tasquillo, Hidalgo.
ARROYO S., Victor Manuel; WALLIS, Ethel E., authors. 1955. Elementos de gramatica otomí.
BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A., author. 1973. "Otomi dependent clauses."
BARTHOLOMEW, Doris, author. 2004. "Notas sobre la gramática del hñähñu (otomí)."
BARTHOLOMEW, Doris, author. 2010. "Notas sobre la gramática del hñähñu (otomí)."
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HERNÁNDEZ CRUZ, Luis; VICTORIA TORQUEMADA, Moisés, compilers; SINCLAIR CRAWFORD, Donaldo, consultant. 2010. Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo.
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HESS, H. Harwood, author. 1962. The syntactic structure of Mezquital Otomí.
HESS, H. Harwood, author. 1968. The syntactic structure of Mezquital Otomi.
HESS, Hernán, compiler. 1956. Diccionario otomí del Mezquital-español-inglés.
LANIER, Nancy, author. 1968. "Three structural layers in Mezquital Otomí clauses."
MERRIFIELD, William R., author. 1968. "Number names in four languages of Mexico."
PIKE, Kenneth L.; SINCLAIR, Donald, authors. 1948. "The tonemes of Mezquital Otomi."
WALLIS, Ethel E., author. 1954. "Toponimia otomí del Valle del Mezquital."
WALLIS, Ethel E., author. 1956. "Simulfixation in aspect markers of Mezquital Otomi."
WALLIS, Ethel E., author. 1964. "Mezquital Otomi verb fusion."
WALLIS, Ethel E., author. 1968. "The word and the phonological hierarchy of Mezquital Otomi."
WALLIS, Ethel E., author. 1970. "The trimodal structure of a folk poem."
Vernacular Publications
Lecciones de lectura y escritura. 1993.

