Otomí, Estado de México

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: ots
Alternate Names: Otomí de San Felipe Santiago, Otomí del Estado de México, State of Mexico Otomi
Autonym: Hñatho
Population: 20,000 (2010 SIL). Total Otomí speakers: 299,000 (2020 INEGI). 440 monolinguals.
Location:: México state: Chapa de Mota, San Bartolo Morelos, San Felipe Santiago, and Santa Clara de Juarez.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Oto-Pamean, Otomi
Dialects: San Felipe Santiago Otomí. 73% intelligibility of Mezquital Otomi [ote] (most similar).
Typology: VOS; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: The vast majority of monolinguals are over 50. But in the Morelos Municipality, a small percentage of children go to school not knowing Spanish [spa] (2011 SIL).
Language Development: NT: 1975.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Otomí, Estado de México
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.

Location: México state: Chapa de Mota, San Bartolo Morelos, San Felipe Santiago, and Santa Clara de Juarez.