Otomi, Ixtenco

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
otz
Alternate Names
Otomí de Ixtenco, Southeastern Otomí, Yühmu
User Population

460 (2000 INALI). No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 5,360 (1990 census).

Location

Tlaxcala state: El Carmen Tequexquitla municipality, dialect San Juan Bautista Ixtenco; Puebla state: Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Tepeaca, and Teptlaxco municipalities.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

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

None known. 41% intelligibility of Estado De México Otomi [ots] (most similar), 23% of Mezquital [ote] and Eastern Highland Otomi [otm], 22% of Tenango Otomi [otn].

Language Use

Older adults only. Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Otomi, Ixtenco
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].