Northwestern Otomi Explained

Northwestern Otomi
Nativename:	Ñäñho Hñahñu (Mezquital Otomi) Hñohño, Ñañhų, Hñąñho, Ñǫthǫ (Querétaro Otomi)
Region:	Hidalgo, Querétaro, México
Date:	1990 census
Ref:	e18
Script:	Latin
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Oto-Manguean
Fam2:	Oto-Pamean
Fam3:	Otomian
Lc1:	ote
Ld1:	Mezquital Otomi
Lc2:	otq
Ld2:	Querétaro Otomi
Glotto:	nort3201
Glottorefname:	Northwestern Otomi
Elp:	4934
Elpname:	Mezquital Otomí

Northwestern Otomi is a Native American language of central Mexico.

Varieties

There are two varieties with limited (c. 78%) intelligibility, sometimes considered separate languages:

Mezquital Otomi (Otomí del Valle del Mezquital). The autonym is Hñahñu^[1] It is spoken in the state of Hidalgo, especially in the Mezquital Valley, by 100,000 people. There are also some migrant worker expatriates in the United States in the states of Texas (270), Oklahoma (230), and North Carolina (100). A dictionary and grammar of the language have been published.
Querétaro Otomi. The autonym varies as Hñohño, Ñañhų, Hñąñho, Ñǫthǫ.^[2] It is spoken by 33,000 in the Querétaro municipalities of Amealco (towns of San Ildefonso & Santiago Mexquititlán); in Mexico State, the town of Acambay, and in Querétaro, the town of Tolimán, and in Michoacan, the town of San Felipe los Alzatí. There are also small numbers in the state of Guanajuato.

Book: Lastra, Yolanda . 2006 . Los Otomies – Su lengua y su historia. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Instituto de investigaciones Antropológicas . 9789703233885. es.
Wright Carr . David Charles . 2005 . Precisiones sobre el término "otomí" . . 13 . 73 . 19 . 2006-12-06 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051108014507/http://www.arqueomex.com/S8N5PALABRAotomi.pdf . November 8, 2005 .