Tilapa Otomi Explained

Tilapa Otomi
Nativename:Ñųhų
Region:Santiago Tilapa
Speakers:100
Date:2006
Ref:[1]
Script:Latin
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Oto-Manguean
Fam2:Oto-Pamean
Fam3:Otomian
Fam4:Eastern
Iso3:otl
Glotto:tila1239
Glottorefname:Tilapa Otomi

Tilapa Otomi is a seriously endangered native American language spoken by less than a dozen people in the village of Santiago Tilapa, between Toluca and the DF in Mexico State. It has been classified as Eastern Otomi by Lastra (2006).[1] but in reality "Eastern Otomi" in Lastra's classification is a broader term for a "conservative variety". It is a language closely related to Acazulco and Atlapulco Otomi. It also shows a number of idiosyncratic innovations which make it stand as a different language, probably the closest one to Colonial Otomi. Its system of verbal conjugations is highly complex compared to the Mezquital varieties.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lastra, Yolanda . 2006 . Los Otomies – Su lengua y su historia. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Instituto de investigaciones Antropológicas . 9789703233885 . es.
  2. Palancar, Enrique. The conjugation classes of Tilapa Otomi: An approach from canonical typology. 2012. Linguistics. 50. 4. 10.1515/ling-2012-0025. 55777801.