Tilapa Otomi is a seriously endangered
native American language spoken by less than a dozen people in the village of Santiago Tilapa, between
Toluca
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and the DF in
Mexico State
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. It has been classified as Eastern Otomi by Lastra (2006).
[ but in reality "Eastern Otomi" in Lastra's classification is a broader term for a "conservative variety". It is a language closely related to Acazulco and Atlapulco Otomi. It also shows a number of idiosyncratic innovations which make it stand as a different language, probably the closest one to Colonial Otomi. Its system of verbal conjugations is highly complex compared to the Mezquital varieties.]
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Otomi language
Tianguistenco
Endangered Oto-Manguean languages
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Languages of Mexico
Oto-Pamean languages