Locations of Ñähñu (Otomí), Nahua, Totonac,
Tepehua, and Spanish Speaking People of the Eastern Sierra of Hidalgo,
the Northern Sierra de Puebla, and the Southern Huasteca.
The maps linked to this page show the distribution of all languages spoken
in and around the eastern sierra of Hidalgo of Mexico. The maps show the
distribution of the Nahua (Aztec, Mexicano), Ñähñu
(Otomí), Totonac, Tepehua, and Spanish (Castellano), languages.
The maps were developed during ethnographic field work in 1989 and 1990
and cover the area from 20° to 20° 45' north latitude and from
97° 40' to 98° 30' west longitude. The article The
Mapping of Cultural Traits from Field Data describes the making of
the maps and the sources of the data. The maps are presented here in two
forms: as pixel GIF files with commentary viewable in a Web browser and
as vector DWF files that can be viewed and printed with a browser
plugin. The DWF files allow zooming and show finer detail than the GIF
files. Before looking at the DWF files you should download and install
the WHIP
plugin from Autodesk. While
using WHIP click the right mouse button for a menu of commands.
Maps
Data
Village database in Dbase IV (DBF) format.