OTZ ISO 639-3
Otomi, Ixtenco
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- otz
- Alternate Names
- Otomí de Ixtenco, Southeastern Otomí, Yühmu
- Population
- 460 (2000 INALI). No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 5,360 (1990 census).
- Location:
- Tlaxcala state: El Carmen Tequexquitla municipality, dialect San Juan Bautista Ixtenco; Puebla state: Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Tepeaca, and Teptlaxco municipalities.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Oto-Pamean, Otomi
- Dialects
- None known. 41% intelligibility of Estado De México Otomi [ots] (most similar), 23% of Mezquital [ote] and Eastern Highland Otomi [otm], 22% of Tenango Otomi [otn].
- Language Use
- Older adults only. Shifted to Spanish [spa].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Otomi, Ixtenco
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Tlaxcala state: El Carmen Tequexquitla municipality, dialect San Juan Bautista Ixtenco; Puebla state: Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Tepeaca, and Teptlaxco municipalities.
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