Sierra Otomi Highland Otomi (''Otomi de la Sierra'') is a
dialect cluster of the
Otomi language
Otomi (; ) is an Oto-Pamean language family spoken by approximately 240,000 indigenous Otomi people in the central ''altiplano'' region of Mexico. Otomi consists of several closely related languages, many of which are not mutually intelligib ...
spoken in
Mexico
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by ca. 70,000 people in the highlands of Eastern
Hidalgo
Hidalgo may refer to:
People
* Hidalgo (nobility), members of the Spanish nobility
* Hidalgo (surname)
Places
Mexico
* Hidalgo (state), in central Mexico
* Hidalgo, Coahuila, a town in the north Mexican state of Coahuila
* Hidalgo, Nuevo Leà ...
, Western
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
and Northern
Puebla. The speakers themselves call the language ''Yųhų'' (Eastern Highland) or ''Ñųhų'' (Texcatepec and Tenango). Lastra 2001 classifies it as an Eastern Otomi language together with
Ixtenco Otomi,
Tilapa Otomi, and
Acazulco Otomi. The three varieties of Sierra Otomi—Eastern Highland, Texcatepec, and Tenango—are above 70% lexically similar; the Eastern Highland dialects are above 80%, and will be considered here.
Distribution
Municipalities with significant Sierra Otomi populations include the following (Dow 2005:236). Many of these municipalities also have Tepehua, Totonac, and Nahuatl speakers.
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Hidalgo
Hidalgo may refer to:
People
* Hidalgo (nobility), members of the Spanish nobility
* Hidalgo (surname)
Places
Mexico
* Hidalgo (state), in central Mexico
* Hidalgo, Coahuila, a town in the north Mexican state of Coahuila
* Hidalgo, Nuevo Leà ...
*
Acaxochitlan
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Huehuetla
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San Bartolo Tutotepec
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Tenango de Doria
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Tulancingo
Tulancingo (officially Tulancingo de Bravo; Otomi: Ngu̱hmu) is the second-largest city in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the southeastern part of the state and also forms one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, as well as the ...
;
Puebla
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Francisco Z. Mena
Francisco Z. Mena Municipality is a Municipalities of Puebla, municipality in the List of Mexican states, Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico.
The municipality is named after General Francisco ZacarÃas Mena (1841-1910).
References
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Pahuatlán
Pahuatlán (), officially Pahuatlán del Valle, is a town and municipality located in the northwest of the state of Puebla in central Mexico. The municipality is part of the Sierra Norte region of the state, a steep mountainous area which receiv ...
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Pantepec
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Tlacuilotepec
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Tlaxco
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Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
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Benito Juárez
Benito Pablo Juárez GarcÃa (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec, he was the first indigenous pre ...
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Chicóntepec
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Coatzintla
Coatzintla is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in the north zone of the State of Veracruz, about from the state capital Xalapa. It covers an area of . It is located at .
The municipality of Coatzintla is delimited to the north b ...
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Coyutla
Coyutla is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 110 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 312.56 km2. It is located at .
The municipality is delimited to the north and ...
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Huayacocotla
Huayacocotla is a town ''(villa)'' in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Located in the state's Huasteca Baja region, it serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, Huayacocotla report ...
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Ixhuatlán de Madero
Ixhuatlán de Madero is a Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in north zone of the State of Veracruz, about 376 km from state capital Xalapa, in the region called Huasteca Baja. It is one of 212 municipalities in Veracruz. It has ...
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Temapache
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Texcatepec
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Tihuatlán
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Tlachichilco
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Zacualpan
Phonology
The phonemic inventory given below is based on the particular phonology of the Otomi de la Sierra dialect as documented by Voigtlander and Echegoyen (1985), phonemic inventories of other dialects vary slightly from that of Otomi de la Sierra.
Consonants
Vowels
Orthography
Alphabet
* a -
‘* a̱, ä -
”* b -
* ch -
͡ʃ* d -
* e -
* e̱, ë -
›* f -
¸* g -
* h -
* i -
* j -
* k -
* l -
* m -
* n -
* ñ -
²* o -
”/o* o̱ -
¸* p -
* r -
¾* s -
* t -
* th -
¸* ts -
Í¡s* u -
/w* u̱, ʉ -
‰/ɨ* x -
ƒ* y -
* z -
/d͡z
Other letters
* Ä… -
‘̃* Ä™ -
›Ìƒ* į -
©* Ç« -
”̃* ų -
©
Tones
Tones are usually not marked.
* a - low tone
* á - high tone
* ÇŽ - rising tone
* Ã - falling tone
Notes
References
*Dow, James W. 2005. "The Sierra Ñähñu (OtomÃ)." In Sandstrom, Alan R., and Enrique Hugo GarcÃa Valencia. 2005. ''Native peoples of the Gulf Coast of Mexico''. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
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