Otomi, Estado de México
A language of Mexico
| Population | 10,000 (1990 census). 300 monolinguals. |
| Region | State of Mexico. |
| Language map |
Western Central Mexico, reference number 48 |
| Alternate names | Hñatho, Otomí de San Felipe Santiago, Otomí del Estado de México, State of Mexico Otomi |
| Dialects | San Felipe Santiago Otomí. 73% intelligibility with Mezquital Otomi [ote] (most similar). |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Otopamean, Otomian, Otomi |
| Language development | NT: 1975. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VOS; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists: maize. Traditional religion, Christian. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
ANDREWS, Henrietta, author. 1955. "Otomi place-names in the state of Mexico."
ANDREWS, Henrietta, author. 1993. The Function of Verb Prefixes in Southwestern Otomí.
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BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A., author. 1954. "Palabras prestadas del español en el dialecto otomí."
BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A., author. 1960. "Some revisions of Proto-Otomi consonants."
BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A., author. 1963. "El limosnero y otros cuentos en otomí."
BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A., author. 1965. The reconstruction of Otopamean (Mexico).
BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A., author. 1969. "Los numerales uno a diez en los idiomas otopameanos."
BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A., author. 1973. "Otomi dependent clauses."
BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A., author. 1984. Algunas diferencias entre la narración oral y la narración escrita, con referencia a una muestra en el otomí del Estado de México.
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