Oto-Manguean languages

Otomangue is a language family in America. It occurs mainly in Mexico. It belongs to the indigenous American languages ​​.

The language code from ISO 639-2 is " oto ".

Numbers of speakers

The Mesoamerican language group has about 1.5 million speakers in central and southern Mexico.

The most widely spoken languages ​​are Otomangue (according to 2000 Census ):

  • Otomí ( Hñähñü, Hñähño ): Central Mexico ( 212,000 speakers)
  • Mazahua ( Hñatho ): Central Mexico ( 350,000 speakers)
  • Chinantekisch: Mexico: Oaxaca, Veracruz ( 224,000 speakers)
  • Tlapanekisch: Mexico: Guerrero ( 75,000 speakers)
  • Mazatekisch: Mexico: Oaxaca, Veracruz ( 206,000 speakers)
  • Zapotec: Mexico: Central and eastern Oaxaca ( 785,000 speakers)
  • Mixtec: Mexico: Central and Southwest Oaxaca, Puebla West, East Guerrero ( 511,000 speakers)
  • Amuzgo: Mexico: Guerrero, Oaxaca ( 50,000 people )

Internal classification

A. Western Otomangue languages

B. Eastern Otomangue languages

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