OTQ ISO 639-3
Otomi, Querétaro
ñhöñhö Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- otq
- Alternate Names
- Northwestern Otomi, Otomí de Querétaro, Santiago Mexquititlán Otomi, Western Otomi, hñohño
- Autonym
- ñhöñhö
- Population
- 33,000 (1990 census). Total Otomí speakers: 299,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,900 monolinguals (1990).
- Location:
- Queretaro de Arteaga, Amealco municipalilty, San Ildefonso and Santiago Mexquititlán; Michoacán de Ocampo, Las Delores area; México, Acambay municipality; southeast Guanajuato, small border area.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Oto-Pamean, Otomi
- Dialects
- None known. 78% intelligibility of Mezquital [ote] (most similar), lower in outlying areas.
- Language Development
- Dictionary. NT: 2003.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Otomi, Querétaro
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion, Christian.
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Location: Queretaro de Arteaga, Amealco municipalilty, San Ildefonso and Santiago Mexquititlán; Michoacán de Ocampo, Las Delores area; México, Acambay municipality; southeast Guanajuato, small border area.
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