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Sierra Otomi
Language
Language
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sierra Otomi |
| altname | Highland Otomi |
| nativename | Yųhų (Eastern Highland Otomi) |
| Ñųhų (Texcatepec, Tenango) | |
| states | Mexico |
| region | Puebla, Veracruz, Hidalgo |
| speakers | 72,000 |
| date | 1990–2007 |
| ref | e18 |
| familycolor | Oto-Manguean |
| fam1 | Oto-Manguean |
| fam2 | Oto-Pamean |
| fam3 | Otomian |
| fam4 | Eastern |
| agency | Secretaría de Educación Pública |
| lc1 | otm |
| ld1 | Eastern Highland |
| lc2 | otx |
| ld2 | Texcatepec |
| lc3 | otn |
| ld3 | Tenango |
| notice | IPA |
| glotto | east2556 |
| glottoname | Eastern Highland |
| glottorefname | Eastern Highland Otomi |
| glotto2 | texc1235 |
| glottoname2 | Texcatepec |
| glottorefname2 | Texcatepec Otomi |
| glotto3 | tena1241 |
| glottoname3 | Tenango |
| glottorefname3 | Tenango Otomi |
Ñųhų (Texcatepec, Tenango)
Sierra Otomi Highland Otomi (Otomi de la Sierra) is a dialect cluster of the Otomi language spoken in Mexico by ca. 70,000 people in the highlands of Eastern Hidalgo, Western Veracruz and Northern Puebla. The speakers themselves call the language Yųhų (Eastern Highland) or Ñųhų (Texcatepec and Tenango). Lastra 2001 classifies it as an Eastern Otomi language together with Ixtenco Otomi, Tilapa Otomi, and Acazulco Otomi. The three varieties of Sierra Otomi—Eastern Highland, Texcatepec, and Tenango—are above 70% lexically similar; the Eastern Highland dialects are above 80%, and will be considered here.
Distribution
Municipalities with significant Sierra Otomi populations include the following (Dow 2005:236). Many of these municipalities also have Tepehua, Totonac, and Nahuatl speakers.
;Hidalgo
- Acaxochitlan
- Huehuetla
- San Bartolo Tutotepec
- Tenango de Doria
- Tulancingo
;Puebla
- Francisco Z. Mena
- Pahuatlán
- Pantepec
- Tlacuilotepec
- Tlaxco
;Veracruz
- Benito Juárez
- Chicóntepec
- Coatzintla
- Coyutla
- Huayacocotla
- Ixhuatlán de Madero
- Temapache
- Texcatepec
- Tihuatlán
- Tlachichilco
- Zacualpan
Phonology
The phonemic inventory given below is based on the particular phonology of the Otomi de la Sierra dialect as documented by Voigtlander and Echegoyen (1985), phonemic inventories of other dialects vary slightly from that of Otomi de la Sierra.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | Nasal | Plosive | Affricate | Fricative | Flap | Semivowel |
|---|
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | oral | nasal | oral | nasal | oral | nasal | Close | Open-mid | Mid | Open |
|---|
Orthography
Alphabet
- a - [ɑ]
- a̱, ä - [ɔ]
- b - [b]
- ch - [t͡ʃ]
- d - [d]
- e - [e]
- e̱, ë - [ɛ]
- f - [ɸ]
- g - [g]
- h - [h]
- i - [i]
- j - [x]
- k - [k]
- l - [l]
- m - [m]
- n - [n]
- ñ - [ɲ]
- o - [ɔ/o]
- o̱ - [ø]
- p - [p]
- r - [ɾ]
- s - [s]
- t - [t]
- th - [θ]
- ts - [t͡s]
- u - [u/w]
- u̱, ʉ - [ʉ/ɨ]
- x - [ʃ]
- y - [j]
- z - [z/d͡z]
Other letters
- ą - [ɑ̃]
- ę - [ɛ̃]
- į - [ĩ]
- ǫ - [ɔ̃]
- ų - [ũ]
Tones
Tones are usually not marked.
- a - low tone
- á - high tone
- ǎ - rising tone
- à - falling tone
Notes
References
References
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