Central Otomi (''San Felipe Otomi'' and ''Otomi del estado de México'') is a Native American language spoken by 10,000 in San Felipe Santiago and in several neighboring towns in the

Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People *** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants *** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...

state of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, such as

Chapa de Mota Chapa de Mota is one of 125 municipalities located in the northwest of Mexico State. The municipal seat is the village of Chapa de Mota and largest town is San Felipe Coamango. It is located in the north part of the State of Mexico. By car, it is ...

and

Jilotepec de Abasolo Jilotepec de Molina Enríquez, known as Jilotepec de Abasolo until 1986, and commonly known as Jilotepec, is a city located in the northwest zone of the State of Mexico in Mexico. The name comes from Náhuatl, meaning "hill of corncobs". It is t ...

. Also called 'State of Mexico Otomi', there are other varieties spoken in the state, such as

Temoaya Otomi Temoaya Otomi, also known as Toluca Otomi or Otomi of San Andrés Cuexcontitlan, is a variety of the Otomi language spoken in Mexico by ca. 37,000 people in and around the municipality of Temoaya, and in three communities within the municipality ...

. The autonym is ''Hñatho'' or ''Hñotho''.Lastra 2006 p. 57, Wright Carr 2005

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Otomi language {{Oto-Manguean-lang-stub Languages of Mexico Oto-Pamean languages