Oto-Manguean family

Otomi

1500 CE – today Living

Otomi (1500 CE – today) is a living Oto-Manguean language. Lineage: Proto-Oto-Manguean → Otomi.

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Speakers
300K (300,000)

Otomian branch: a dialect continuum in central Mexico (Hidalgo, Querétaro, State of Mexico). Closest relative of Mazahua.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Oto-Mangueanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Otomi1500 CE – today

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Oto-Manguean.

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