Northwest Otomi is a language spoken in the states of Hidalgo , Queretaro and Mexico City of Central Mexico.
| Northwest Otomi | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Mexico |
| Regions | Hidalgo , Queretaro , Mexico City |
| Total number of speakers | about 130,000 (1990) |
| Classification | |
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| Writing | latin |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | ote - mesquital |
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| Glottolog | |
Dialects
- The Keretar dialect ( Hñohño, añhų, Hñąñho, ǫthǫ, Northwestern Otomi, Otomí de Querétaro, Querétaro Otomi, Western Otomi ) is common in the municipality of Toliman; Akambay; in the cities of San Ildefonso Santiago-Mesquitlan of the municipality of Amealco of the state of Queretaro . There is a small amount in the state of Guanajuto . The Keretarsky dialect is 78% lexically similar to the Mesquital dialect. A letter based on latin.
- The Mesquital dialect ( Hñahñu, Mezquital Otomi, Otomí del Valle del Mezquital ) is distributed in the Mesquital Valley of Hidalgo . There are also many working foreigners in the USA, in the states of Texas (270), Oklahoma (230) and North Carolina (100). A language grammar and a dictionary were published. A letter based on latin.