Northwestern Otomi is a
Native American language of central
Mexico.
Varieties
There are two varieties with limited (c. 78%) intelligibility, sometimes considered separate languages:
*Mezquital Otomi (''Otomí del Valle del Mezquital''). The autonym is ''Hñahñu''
[Lastra 2006 p. 57, Wright Carr 2005] It is spoken in the
state of
Hidalgo, especially in the
Mezquital Valley, by 100,000 people. There are also some migrant worker expatriates in the
United States in the states of Texas (270), Oklahoma (230), and North Carolina (100). A dictionary and grammar of the language have been published.
*Querétaro Otomi. The autonym varies as ''Hñohño, Ñañhų, Hñąñho, Ñǫthǫ''.
[Lastra 2006 p. 57] It is spoken by 33,000 in the
Querétaro
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...
municipalities of
Amealco
Amealco is a town in the Mexican state of Querétaro. Its name is thought to mean ''place of springs'' in Nahuatl. The municipality seat, also called Amealco, is located 63 km southeast of Santiago de Querétaro. Its elevation is 2,605 meters ...
(towns of San Ildefonso & Santiago Mexquititlán); in Mexico State, the town of
Acambay, and in Querétaro, the town of
Tolimán, and in Michoacan, the town of
San Felipe los Alzatí. There are also small numbers in the state of
Guanajuato
Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...
.
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