| Sierra Otomi | |
|---|---|
| Highland Otomi | |
| Yųhų (Eastern Highland Otomi) Ñųhų (Texcatepec, Tenango) | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Puebla,Veracruz,Hidalgo |
Native speakers | (72,000 cited 1990–2007)[1] |
Oto-Manguean
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| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Secretaría de Educación Pública |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:otm – Eastern Highlandotx – Texcatepecotn – Tenango |
| Glottolog | east2556 Eastern Highlandtexc1235 Texcatepectena1241 Tenango |
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Sierra Otomia.k.a.Highland Otomi (Otomi de la Sierra) is adialect cluster of theOtomi language spoken inMexico by ca. 70,000 people in the highlands of EasternHidalgo, WesternVeracruz and NorthernPuebla. The speakers themselves call the languageYųhų (Eastern Highland) orÑųhų (Texcatepec and Tenango).[2] Lastra 2001 classifies it as an Eastern Otomi language together withIxtenco Otomi,Tilapa Otomi, andAcazulco 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.
Municipalities with significant Sierra Otomi populations include the following (Dow 2005:236). Many of these municipalities also have Tepehua, Totonac, and Nahuatl speakers.
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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.
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ʔ | |||||
| Affricate | ts | dz | ||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | θ | ʃ | x | h | |||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||
| Semivowel | j | w | ||||||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oral | nasal | oral | nasal | oral | nasal | |
| Close | i | ĩ | ʉ | u | ũ | |
| Open-mid | e | ø | õ | |||
| Mid | ɛ | ɛ̃ | ɔ | |||
| Open | ɑ | ɑ̃ | ||||
Tones are usually not marked.