Otomí, Estado de México

Print

Primary tabs

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
ots
Alternate Names
Otomí de San Felipe Santiago, Otomí del Estado de México, State of Mexico Otomi
Autonym
Hñatho
User Population

20,000 (2010 SIL). Total Otomí speakers: 299,000 (2020 INEGI). 440 monolinguals.

Location

México state: Chapa de Mota, San Bartolo Morelos, San Felipe Santiago, and Santa Clara de Juarez.

Language Maps
Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Oto-Pamean, Otomi
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
OLAC resources in and about Otomí, Estado de México
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.