WHAT IS OTOMÍ?

Otomi is a language, recognized as a national language in Mexico, along with 64 other

indigenous languages.

WHAT IS THE OTOMI HISTORY?

At the time of the Spanish conquest, Otomi was one of the most spoken languages in
the western region of Mexico. Due to its peculiarities, this language was a challenge for
speakers of Indo-European languages.

In the National Library is the unpublished manuscript Arte breve para aprender con
alguna facilidad la dificultosa lengua Otomí by the Jesuit Antonio de Agreda, written in
the 1770s and whose publication was prohibited by the the Royal Academy of
Language

DESCRIPTION OF OTOMÍ

It is one of the oldest and most diversified languages in the country and is 6,000 years
old.  The Otomi linguistic grouping belongs to the great Oto-Manguean family.  Otomí
has language sisters like mazahua, matlatzinca and tlahuica.

There are nine variations of Otomí “dialects”, each dialect has their grammatical and
spelling rules

WHERE IS OTOMI SPOKEN?

Otomí is spoken in eight states in Mexico: Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Puebla,

Veracruz, Michoacá n, Tlaxcala and State of Mexico.
  

WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE OTOMI O IN MEXICO?

Is the seventh language most spoken in Mexico. Unfortunately not many people speak
Otomi in Mexico. There are only  307,928 speakers in Mexico

Otomí is at risk of extinction, therefore in 2014 a writing standard was drafted with the
purpose of being a basic tool for speakers to write their language and this way the texts can
be an important  tool in the dissemination of knowledge and literary creation. In the same
way there are many digital initiatives that seek to promote the study of Otomi