Otomi

otomi otomí Otomî English Alternative forms plural en Otomies Ottomies obsolete Etymology en :bor es:otomí 1 Borrowed from en es otomí, from en nci otomih, plural of nci otomitl. Pronunciation en /ˌoʊtəˈmiː/ Noun * s A person belonging to the indigenous Otomi ethnic group of central Mexico. en 1578 Thomas Nicholas The Pleasant Historie of the Conquest of the VVeast India Historia general de las Indias Francisco López de Gómara London Henry Bynneman 124 the eſpies of Tlaxcallan ſayde, that none had fought with them but certayne outlawes and knaues called Otomies, who lyued as vagaboundes without a Lorde or other ruler en w:Samuel Purchas Purchas His Pilgrimes London William Stansby 1625 3 1001 Thoſe in New Spaine, which they call Ottomies, were of this ſort, beeing commonly poore Indians, inhabiting a rough and barren Land, and yet they are in good numbers, and liue together with ſome order, and ſuch as doe know them, find them no leſſe apt and capeable of matters of Chriſtian Religion, then others which are held to be more rich and better gouerned. Proper noun en language An Oto-Manguean language and one of the indigenous languages of Mexico, spoken by around 240,000 indigenous Otomi people in the central altiplano region of Mexico. Derived terms en Otomian References INEGI [Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografia] Perfil sociodemográfico de la población que habla lengua indígena 2009 http://www.inegi.org.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/censos/poblacion/poblacion_indigena/leng_indi/PHLI.pdf INEGI PDF 2009-08-17 Anagrams en imoot Tomio tomoi en Languages