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San Felipe Otomi

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Native to
  
Mexico

Writing system
  
Latin

Native speakers
  
20,000 (2010)

ISO 639-3
  
ots

Region
  
State of Mexico, Michoacán

Language family
  
Oto-Manguean Oto-Pamean Otomian Southwestern San Felipe Otomi

San Felipe Otomi (Otomi del estado de México) is a Native American language spoken by 10,000 in San Felipe Santiago and in several neighboring towns in the Mexican state of Mexico, such as Chapa de Mota and Jilotepec. Also called 'State of Mexico Otomi', there are other varieties spoken in the state, such as Temoaya Otomi. The autonym is Hñatho or Hñotho.

Cited works

  • (Spanish) Lastra, Yolanda (2006). Los Otomies – Su lengua y su historia. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Instituto de investigaciones Antropológicas. ISBN 9789703233885. 
  • (Spanish) Wright Carr, David Charles (2005). "Precisiones sobre el término "otomí"" (PDF). Arqueología mexicana. 13 (73): 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2005. Retrieved 2006-12-06. 

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    San Felipe Otomi Wikipedia
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