Otomi language (Jalisco) - Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]

==Extinction==

==Extinction==

Otomi [[language death|became extinct]] due to the community [[language shift|shifting]] from using Otomi to using [[Nahuatl]] as their primary language.{{sfn|Harvey|1972|p=313}} Nahuatl had become a [[lingua franca]] in the [[pre-Columbian era]], being used as the administrative language of the [[Aztec Empire]] and as a trade language beyond the empire's borders, and was subsequently also promoted by the Spaniards after the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish conquest]].{{sfn|Harvey|1972|p=299}} Nearby languages that went extinct in similar circumstances include [[Cochin language|Cochin]], [[Tiam language|Tiam]] (both spoken around [[Tuxpan, Jalisco|Tuxpan]]), [[Tamazultec language|Tamazultec]] (spoken in Tamazula de Gordiano), [[Sayultec language (Jalisco)|Sayultec]], and [[Zapotec language (Jalisco)|Zapotec]].

Otomi [[language death|became extinct]] due to the community [[language shift|shifting]] from using Otomi to using [[Nahuatl]] as their primary language.{{sfn|Harvey|1972|p=313}} Nahuatl had become a [[lingua franca]] in the [[pre-Columbian era]], being used as the administrative language of the [[Aztec Empire]] and as a trade language beyond the empire's borders, and was subsequently also promoted by the Spaniards after the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish conquest]].{{sfn|Harvey|1972|p=299}} Nearby languages that went extinct in similar circumstances include [[Cochin language|Cochin]], [[Tiam language|Tiam]] (both spoken around [[Tuxpan, Jalisco|Tuxpan]]), [[Tamazultec language|Tamazultec]] (spoken in Tamazula de Gordiano), [[Sayultec language (Jalisco)|Sayultec]], and [[Zapotec language (Jalisco)|Zapotec]]. Sayultec and Tamazultec might have been varieties of Nahuatl.

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