Tilapa Otomi
Tilapa Otomi is an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tilapa Otomi is a seriously endangered native American language spoken by less than a dozen people in the village of Santiago Tilapa, between Toluca and the DF in Mexico State. It has been classified as Eastern Otomi by Lastra (2006). but in reality "Eastern Otomi" in Lastra's classification is a broader term for a "conservative variety". It is a language closely related to Acazulco and Atlapulco Otomi. It also shows a number of idiosyncratic innovations which make it stand as a different language, probably the closest one to Colonial Otomi. Its system of verbal conjugations is highly complex compared to the Mezquital varieties.
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Words in Tilapa Otomi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | khoni* | |
| name | hu* | |
| eye | to* | |
| ear | ku* | |
| nose | Si5u* | |
| tooth | Ci* | |
| hand | 7ye* | |
| blood | khi* | |
| bone | toyo* | |
| skin | Siphani* | |
| knee | 5ohmu* | |
| breast | mba* | |
| water | te* | |
| fire | cibi* | |
| sun | syadi* | |
| star | c3* | |
| stone | tou* | |
| mountain | Sonthe* | |
| tree | za* | |
| leaf | riSiza* | |
| night | Su* | |
| dog | 7yo* | |
| fish | hwo* | |
| louse | tou* | |
| one | nda* | |
| two | you* | |
| I | kiNa* | |
| you | kinke* | |
| we | kiNah3* | |
| drink | zi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Ixtenco OtomiOtomanguean47% alike
- Estado de México OtomiOtomanguean45% alike
- Mezquital OtomiOtomanguean43% alike
- Eastern Highland OtomiOtomanguean38% alike
- Querétaro OtomiOtomanguean37% alike
- Temoaya OtomiOtomanguean36% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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