Mezquital Otomi

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Mezquital Otomi
Spoken in: México (Hidalgo [ Mezquital Valley ]), United States North Carolina, Florida
Total speakers: 100,000 (1990 Census)
Language family: American
 Oto-Manguean
  Otopamean
   Otomian
    Mezquital Otomi 
Writing system: Latin alphabet 
Official status
Official language in: None
Regulated by: none
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: ote
ISO 639-3: ote – 

Mezquital Otomi is a native American language. Also called Hñahñu and Otomí del Valle del Mezquital, it is spoken in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, especially in the Mezquital Valley. There are also some migrant worker expatriates in the United States in the states of Florida and North Carolina. The language has developed grammar rules and a dictionary. [1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Ethnologue, Mezquital Otomi, retrieved May 25, 2007

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