Otomian

E599979

Otomian is a branch of the Oto-Manguean language family that comprises several closely related indigenous languages spoken in central Mexico.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Otomian canonical 2
Otomian branch 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch
subgroup of language family
classificationStatus well-established subgroup of Oto-Manguean
hasAlternativeName Otomian branch
linked to: Otomian

Otomí subgroup
Otomían
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Matlatzinca people
Mazahua people
Otomi people
linked to: Otomi peoples

Tlahuica people
hasLinguisticFeature SOV word order variants
VSO word order variants
complex verb morphology
tonal phonology
hasPart Eastern Otomi
Highland Otomi
linked to: Western Otomi

Ixtenco Otomi
Lowland Otomi
linked to: Western Otomi

Matlatzinca language
Mazahua language
Mezquital Otomi
Northwestern Otomi
Ocuilteco language
Otomi language
Querétaro Otomi
Sierra Otomi
State of Mexico Otomi
Tenango Otomi
Tilapa Otomi
linked to: Otomi de Ixtenco

Tlahuica language
isIndigenousTo central Mexican highlands
languageFamily Oto-Manguean
partOf Oto-Manguean language family
recognizedIn Mesoamerican linguistic area studies
region Mesoamerica
spokenIn Hidalgo
Mexico
Michoacán
Puebla
linked to: Puebla (state)

Querétaro
State of Mexico
Tlaxcala
Veracruz
central Mexico
linked to: Central Mexico
subclassOf Oto-Manguean languages
usedBy indigenous peoples of Mexico
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matlatzinca subfamily Otomian
Oto-Pamean hasSubgroup Otomian
Otomian hasAlternativeName Otomian branch
linked to: Otomian