Abstract

SANCHEZ PLATA, Fabiana  and  CHAVEZ MEJIA, Cristina. Idioma y saberes otomíes. Rescate y práctica en la vida cotidiana. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2012, vol.7, n.14, pp.151-176. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2012.14.102.

This article analyses the role of Otomí women in the transmission of language by carrying out activities of daily life. The focus is on two points. First, it is analyzed the importance of language within social life for the Otomí women and men; and second, to make visible the importance of women to keep the Otomí language alive. Through generations, the language for women has been a tool to have and conserve local knowledge that allows them to accomplish their female daily activities and fulfill their social roles. Local language is not only important for women to carry out specific daily female activities, but also by speaking it, women acquire respect. Women feel confident and find a space for privacy in the domestic sphere to speak their local language. Therefore, the domestic life for women represents an opportunity for them to conserve and develop their Otomí language.

Keywords : Otomí language; Otomí women; daily life.