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Ixtenco Otomi

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Native to
  
Mexico

Ethnicity
  
5,360 (1990 census)

Writing system
  
Latin

Region
  
Tlaxcala

Native speakers
  
460 (2000)

Language family
  
Oto-Manguean Oto-Pamean Otomian Eastern Ixtenco Otomi

Ixtenco Otomi, also known as Tlaxcala Otomi, is a native American language spoken in the town of San Juan Bautista Ixtenco in the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico. It has been classified as Eastern Otomi by Lastra (2006). Lastra considers Ixtenco Otomí to be a very conservative dialect.

In Tlaxcala, Otomí was also formerly spoken in nearby Huamantla, located to the north (Carrasco 1950). To the east, it was spoken in Nopaluca, San Salvador el Seco, and Cuapiaxtla. Some families from Ixtenco have migrated to Máximo Serdán in Rafael Lara Grajales, Puebla (Lastra 1998).

References

Ixtenco Otomi Wikipedia