Otomi Translations
The Mesoamerican languages belong to 6 major families – Mayan, Oto-Mangue, Mixe–Zoque, Totonacan, Uto-Aztecan, and Chibchan languages. Otomi is an Oto-Manguean language spoken by about 240,000 people in central Mexico, especially in the states of México, Puebla, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Tlaxcala and Michoacán.
Otomi is the official language of Mexico. One of the most commonly used native languages in Mexico is Nahuatl.
Like all other Oto-Manguean languages, Otomi is a tonal language, and most varieties distinguish three tones. Noun phrases are marked only for possessor; the plural number is marked with a definite article and a verbal suffix, and some dialects keep dual number marking. There is no case marking. Verb morphology is either fusional or agglutinating, depending on the analysis. In verb inflection, infixation, consonant mutation, and apocope are prominent processes. The number of irregular verbs is large. A class of morphemes cross-references the grammatical subject in a sentence. These morphemes can be analyzed as either proclitics or prefixes and marks for tense, aspect, and mood. Verbs are inflected for either a direct object or a dative object (but not for both simultaneously) by suffixes. Grammar also distinguishes between inclusive ‘we’ and exclusive ‘we.’ Also, there is an explicit usage of 1st person with no intransitive verbs. Such vital information related to language and linguistics is discussed in a book by Jeanette Sakel.
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