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OTM ISO 639-3

Otomi, Eastern Highland

Yųhų Autonym

A language of Mexico

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Eastern Otomi, Otomí de Huehuetla, Otomí de la Sierra, Otomí de la Sierra Madre Oriental, Otomí de la Sierra Oriental, Otomí del Oriente, Sierra Oriental Otomi, Sierra Otomi
Autonym
Yųhų
Population
49,300 (2007). Total Otomí speakers: 299,000 (2020 INEGI). 4,700 monolinguals.
Location:
Hidalgo state: Huehuetla, Otomi de la Sierra Baja, Otomi-Tepehua, and San Bartolo Tutotepec municipalities; Puebla state: Pahuatlan, Pantepec, Tlacuilotepec, Tlaxco municipalities; Veracruz state: Ixhuatlan de Madero and Tlachichilco municipalities.
Language Status
5* (Developing).
Classification
Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Oto-Pamean, Otomi
Dialects
None known. 81% intelligibility of Tenango [otn] (most similar), 51% of Mezquital [ote], 70%–79% of Texcatepec [otx].
Typology
VOS; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use
Indigenous teachers teach L1 literacy. Positive attitudes. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1974–2009.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Otomi, Eastern Highland
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Traditional religion, Christian.

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Location: Hidalgo state: Huehuetla, Otomi de la Sierra Baja, Otomi-Tepehua, and San Bartolo Tutotepec municipalities; Puebla state: Pahuatlan, Pantepec, Tlacuilotepec, Tlaxco municipalities; Veracruz state: Ixhuatlan de Madero and Tlachichilco municipalities.