Otomi, Querétaro

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
otq
Alternate Names
Northwestern Otomi, Otomí de Querétaro, Santiago Mexquititlán Otomi, Western Otomi, hñohño
Autonym
ñhöñhö
User Population

33,000 (1990 census). Total Otomí speakers: 299,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,900 monolinguals (1990).

Location

Queretaro de Arteaga, Amealco municipalilty, San Ildefonso and Santiago Mexquititlán; Michoacán de Ocampo, Las Delores area; México, Acambay municipality; southeast Guanajuato, small border area.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Oto-Pamean, Otomi
Dialects

None known. 78% intelligibility of Mezquital [ote] (most similar), lower in outlying areas.

Language Development

Dictionary. NT: 2003.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Otomi, Querétaro
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.