Oto-Mangueann.adj.
/ˌəʊtə(ʊ)maŋˈɡweɪən/, /ˌəʊtə(ʊ)maŋˈɡeɪən/, /ˌəʊtə(ʊ)ˈmaŋɡɪən/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊdoʊmæŋˈɡweɪən/, /ˈˌoʊdoʊmæŋˈɡeɪən/, /ˌoʊdoʊˈmæŋɡiən/ A. n.
A family of central Mexican languages or language groups, including Otomian, Mixtecan, and Zapotecan.
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Otomi1845
Mazahua1877
Mazatec1878
Chichimec1882
Mangue1886
Chichimeca1900
Otomian1900
Trique1900
Oto-Manguean1940
1940 J. A. Mason in Maya & their Neighbors v. 64 No evidences of [Tarascan's] connection with any other language have been accorded serious consideration, though Belmar suggested a relationship to Otomanguean.
1960 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 26 85/1 Our Macro Mixtecan excludes Manguean and Chinantec, traditional members of ‘Oto-Manguean’.
1987 J. H. Greenberg in Current Anthropol. 28 651/1 In my earlier classification, Oto-Manguean was separated and even its affiliation to Amerind doubted.
1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 21/2 Major language families of the Americas... Otomanguean, a large family including Mixtec and Zapotec.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating this language family or its languages.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Oto-Manguean
Mixtecan1787
Otomi1843
Trique1891
Mazatec1892
Otomian1911
Zapotecan1922
Oto-Manguean1958
Mazahua1965
1958 C. F. Voegelin in R. H. Thompson Migrations in New World Culture Hist. v. 55 Besides the Otomanguean phylum..other families are included in the macro-phylum.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XI. 960/1 He [sc. Sapir] believed Tlapanec to be Oto-Manguean.
1987 M. Ruhlen Guide World's Langs. I. 237 A half-dozen small families (Otomian, Mixtecan, Poplocan, Chinantecan, Zapotecan, Manguean) and the isolated language Amuzgo make up the Oto-Manguean family.
1997 J. Diamond Guns, Germs & Steel xviii. 368 These legacies may include the Uto-Aztecan languages of Mesoamerica and the western United States, the Oto-Manguean languages of Mesoamerica,..[etc.].
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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