Otomi is an Oto-Manguean language and one of the indigenous languages of Mexico, spoken by approximately 240,000 indigenous Otomi people in the central altiplano region of Mexico. The language is spoken in many different dialects, some of which are not mutually intelligible, therefore it is in effect a dialect continuum. The word Hñähñu [hɲɑ̃hɲũ] has been proposed as an endonym, but since it represents the usage of a single dialect it has not gained wide currency.

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  • Otomi is an Oto-Manguean language and one of the indigenous languages of Mexico, spoken by approximately 240,000 indigenous Otomi people in the central altiplano region of Mexico. The language is spoken in many different dialects, some of which are not mutually intelligible, therefore it is in effect a dialect continuum. The word Hñähñu [hɲɑ̃hɲũ] has been proposed as an endonym, but since it represents the usage of a single dialect it has not gained wide currency. Linguists have classified the modern dialects into three dialect areas: the Northwestern dialects spoken in Querétaro, Hidalgo and Guanajuato; the Southwestern dialects spoken in the State of Mexico; and the Eastern dialects spoken in the highlands of Veracruz, Puebla, and eastern Hidalgo and in villages in Tlaxcala and Mexico states. Like all other Oto-Manguean languages, Otomi is a tonal language and most varieties distinguish three tones. At least some dialects have a cross linguistically unusual process of cliticizing definite articles to the preceding word, thereby creating a phonological word that crosses syntactic boundaries. Nouns are marked only for possessor (either by prefixes or by proclitics); plural number is marked by the definite article and by a verb suffix, and some dialects maintain the historically existing dual number marking. There is no case marking. Verb morphology is fusional. In verb inflection, infixation, consonant mutation, and apocope are prominent processes, and the number of irregular verbs is large. The grammatical subject in a sentence is cross referenced by highly fusional formatives which also mark for tense, aspect and mood. Depending on the dialect and the investigator, these formatives are reported to be full words, proclitics, or prefixes. Verbs are inflected for either direct object or dative object (but not for both simultaneously) by suffixes. Inclusive 'we' and exclusive 'we' are distinguished. Otomi syntax has the nominative-accusative alignment and the direct object alignment (as opposed to the primary object alignment). After the Spanish conquest Otomi became a written language when Spanish friars (primarily Franciscan) taught the Otomi to write the language using the Latin alphabet; this language is called Classical Otomi. Several codices and grammars were composed in Classical Otomi. But a negative stereotype of the Otomi promoted by the Nahuas and perpetuated by the Spanish resulted in a loss of stature for the Otomi, who began to abandon their language in favor of Spanish. The attitude of the larger world toward the Otomi language began to change in 2003 when Otomi was granted recognition as a national language under Mexican law together with 61 other indigenous languages.
  • Die Otomí Sprache oder auch Otomi (Hñähñü) gehört zusammen mit den Sprachen der Chichimeca Jonaz Sprache, Mazahua Sprache, Pame Sprache, Ocuilteco Sprache und Matlatzinca Sprache zu den Oto-Pame-Sprachen, die wiederum zu den Otomangue-Sprachen (zusammen mit Amuzgo, Chinantekisch, Mixtekisch, Popoloca, Tlapanekisch und Zapotekisch). Die Hñähñü des Mezquital-Tales (Valle de Mezquital) sprechen die Variante Hñähñü und die Otomí südlich von Querétaro die Variante Hñähño, zusammen etwa 300.000 Menschen (davon etwa fünf bis sechs Prozent Einsprachige), die meisten in den Bundesstaaten Hidalgo (Valle de Mezquital), México, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Michoacán und Veracruz. Obwohl die Otomí-Sprache zu den meistgesprochenen indigenen Sprachen in Mexiko gehört, ist sie (wie viele Sprachen Mexikos) hochgradig gefährdet, da sie nur noch von wenigen Kindern gelernt wird.
  • El idioma otomí es una lengua indígena de México, hablada por un grupo ampliamente conocido como otomí (Los indígenas otomíes del Valle de Mezquital también la denominan hñähñu en su propia lengua). El otomí es una lengua mesoamericana y muestra varios de los rasgos característicos del área lingüística mesoamericana. Según la Ley de Derechos Lingüísticos de México, el otomí es reconocido como una lengua nacional, junto a otros sesenta y dos idiomas indígenas y el idioma español. De derecho, tiene la misma validez teórica en el país. . Por su número de hablantes, el otomí es la séptima lengua más hablada en México, después del náhuatl, el maya yucateco, el zapoteco, el mixteco, el tzotzil y el tzeltal, sin embargo este dato es solamente indicativo, pues en realidad "idioma otomí" debe tomarse como "familia de lenguas otomí", ya que existen muchas variantes.
  • Otomi er et oto-mangeansk språk som snakkes i det sentrale Mexico av den etniske gruppa som på norsk er kjent som otomi. Otomi er også et mesoamerikansk språk ettersom det snakkes i det mesoamerikanske språkområdet og har blitt påvirka gjennom lang tid av andre språk fra samme område. Språket snakkes av rundt 300 000 mennesker, og er ifølge den meksikanske «Loven om lingvistiske rettigheter» nasjonalspråk i Mexico sammen med spansk og 62 andre indianske språk.
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  • Estado de México Otomi
  • Highland Otomi
  • Ixtenco Otomi
  • Mezquital Otomi
  • Querétaro Otomi
  • Temoaya Otomi
  • Tenango Otomi
  • Texcatepec Otomi
  • Tilapa Otomi
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  • Otomi
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  • In Mexico through the (in Spanish).
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  • Hñähnü, Hñähño, Hñotho, Hñähü, Hñätho, Yųhų, Yųhmų, Ñųhų, Ñǫthǫ, Ñañhų
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  • 239,850 (2005 Census)INEGI 2009: 69
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  • Otomi is an Oto-Manguean language and one of the indigenous languages of Mexico, spoken by approximately 240,000 indigenous Otomi people in the central altiplano region of Mexico. The language is spoken in many different dialects, some of which are not mutually intelligible, therefore it is in effect a dialect continuum. The word Hñähñu [hɲɑ̃hɲũ] has been proposed as an endonym, but since it represents the usage of a single dialect it has not gained wide currency.
  • Die Otomí Sprache oder auch Otomi (Hñähñü) gehört zusammen mit den Sprachen der Chichimeca Jonaz Sprache, Mazahua Sprache, Pame Sprache, Ocuilteco Sprache und Matlatzinca Sprache zu den Oto-Pame-Sprachen, die wiederum zu den Otomangue-Sprachen (zusammen mit Amuzgo, Chinantekisch, Mixtekisch, Popoloca, Tlapanekisch und Zapotekisch).
  • El idioma otomí es una lengua indígena de México, hablada por un grupo ampliamente conocido como otomí (Los indígenas otomíes del Valle de Mezquital también la denominan hñähñu en su propia lengua). El otomí es una lengua mesoamericana y muestra varios de los rasgos característicos del área lingüística mesoamericana.
  • Otomi er et oto-mangeansk språk som snakkes i det sentrale Mexico av den etniske gruppa som på norsk er kjent som otomi. Otomi er også et mesoamerikansk språk ettersom det snakkes i det mesoamerikanske språkområdet og har blitt påvirka gjennom lang tid av andre språk fra samme område. Språket snakkes av rundt 300 000 mennesker, og er ifølge den meksikanske «Loven om lingvistiske rettigheter» nasjonalspråk i Mexico sammen med spansk og 62 andre indianske språk.
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  • Otomi language
  • Otomí-Sprache
  • Idioma otomí
  • Otomi (språk)
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  • Hñähnü, Hñähño, Hñotho, Hñähü, Hñätho, Yųhų, Yųhmų, Ñųhų, Ñǫthǫ, Ñañhų
  • Otomi
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