Ixtenco Otomi Explained

Ixtenco Otomi
Also Known As:Tlaxcala Otomi
Nativename:Yųhmų
Region:Tlaxcala
Ethnicity:5,360 (1990 census)
Speakers:460
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Script:Latin
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Oto-Manguean
Fam2:Oto-Pamean
Fam3:Otomian
Fam4:Eastern
Iso3:otz
Glotto:ixte1237
Glottorefname: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).

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