Oto-Mangue languages
The Oto-Mangue languages are a language family in America. It occurs mainly in Mexico . It is one of the indigenous American languages .
The language code according to ISO 639-2 is "oto".
Number of speakers
The Mesoamerican language group has around 1.5 million speakers in central and southern Mexico.
The most widely spoken Otomangue languages are (according to the 2000 census):
- Otomí (Hñähñü, Hñähño): Central Mexico (212,000 speakers)
- Mazahua (Hñatho): Central Mexico (350,000 speakers)
- Chinantekisch : Mexico: Oaxaca, Veracruz (224,000 speakers)
- Tlapanec : Mexico: Guerrero (75,000 speakers)
- Mazatec : Mexico: Oaxaca, Veracruz (206,000 speakers)
- Zapotec : Mexico: Central and Eastern Oaxaca (785,000 speakers)
- Mixtec : Mexico: Central and Southwest Oaxaca, West Puebla, East Guerrero (511,000 speakers)
- Amuzgo : Mexico: Guerrero, Oaxaca (50,000 speakers)
Internal classification
A. Western Otomangue Languages
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Oto-Pame languages
- 1. Otomi
- a. Otomi (Hñähnü, Hñähño, Hñotho, Hñähü, Hñätho, Yuhu, Yųhmų, Nuhu, Ñǫthǫ, Nanhu): central Mexico: Estado de México , Puebla , Veracruz , Hidalgo , Guanajuato , Querétaro , Tlaxcala , Michoacán (212,000 speakers)
- b. Mazahua (Jñatio): Central Mexico: Estado de México and Michoacán as well as Hidalgo and Veracruz (350,000 speakers)
- 2. Chinantekisch (Chinanteco) (Tsa jujmi, juu 'jmii, fáh, jmii) : Central Mexico: Oaxaca and Veracruz (224,000 speakers)
- 3. Matlatzinca (also: Tlahuica or Ocuiltec ) (Pjiekak'joo) : Central Mexico: South Estado de México (1,500 speakers)
- 4. Pame (Xigüe) : north-central Mexico: San Luis Potosí (10,000 speakers)
- 5. Chichimeca Jonaz (eza'r) : north-central Mexico: Guanajuato and San Luis Potosí (200 speakers)
- 1. Otomi
B. Eastern Otomangue Languages
- Tlapaneco-Mangue languages
- 1. Tlapaneco Subtiaba
- 2. Mangue
- a. Mangue : Costa Rica , Nicaragua and Honduras (†)
- b. Chiapaneco : South Mexico: South Chiapas (†)
- Popolok languages
- 1. Chocho – Popolocan
- a. Chocho (Chocholteco) (Ngigua, Ngiwa) : Central Mexico: Oaxaca (1,000 speakers)
- b. Popoloca (Ngigua) : Central Mexico: Puebla (25,000 speakers)
- 2. Ixcateco (Xwja) : Central Mexico: Northern Oaxaca (8 speakers, almost † )
- 3. Mazatec (En Ngixo) : Central Mexico: Oaxaca, Puebla and Veracruz (206,000 speakers)
- 1. Chocho – Popolocan
- Zapotecan languages
- Amuzgo – Mixtecan (?) Languages
- 1. Amuzgo (Tzañcue, Nomndaa, Ñomndaa) : Central Mexico: Guerrero and Oaxaca (50,000 speakers)
- 2. Mixtecan
- a. Mixtekisch (Tu'un Savi / Da'an Davi) : central Mexico: La Mixteca (central and southwestern Oaxaca, Puebla West, East Guerrero) (511,000 speakers)
- b. Trique (Triqui) (Tinujéi) : Central Mexico: Southwest Oaxaca (24,500 speakers)
- c. Cuicatec (Nduudu yu) : Central Mexico: Northwest Oaxaca (15,000 speakers)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amuzgo is closer to Mixtecan than the other Otomangue languages, but its position within the Eastern branch is controversial - it is often disputed that there is an Amuzgo Mixtecan language branch