Otomitl

The Otomi inhabited communities across the central Mexican highlands and the northern frontier. Their language, belonging to the Oto-Pamean family, was spoken in towns such as Jilotepec, Metztitlan and Tutotepec. After the Spanish conquest some families moved north into the Bajío, where indigenous settlements and colonial estates met the lands of Chichimeca peoples. These movements formed part of the changing settlement of the frontier.