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]
| Tilapa Otomi | |
|---|---|
| Ñųhų | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Santiago Tilapa |
Native speakers | 100 (2006)[1] |
Oto-Manguean
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | otl |
| Glottolog | tila1239 |
| ELP | Tilapa Otomí |
Notes
edit- ^ a b Lastra, Yolanda (2006). Los Otomies – Su lengua y su historia (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Instituto de investigaciones Antropológicas. ISBN 9789703233885.
- ^ Palancar, Enrique (2012). "The conjugation classes of Tilapa Otomi: An approach from canonical typology" (PDF). Linguistics. 50 (4). doi:10.1515/ling-2012-0025. S2CID 55777801.