2 Among the linguistic lineages of Mesoamerica, the Otomanguean family is the most diverse 3 and most widely spread. Long occupying a central position in one of the cradles of human 4 civilization, speakers of Otomanguean languages have played important roles in the region, 5 about which their languages have much to tell. However, Otomanguean is perhaps the least 6 understood of the major Mesoamerican language families, due to its great diversity, the 7 remarkable structural complexity of Otomanguean languages, and the history of the field of 8 Otomanguean historical linguistics, which has seen great achievement alternating with periodic 9 controversy and doubt. With a focus on the higher levels and more ancient time depths of the 10 family, this article surveys Otomanguean historical linguistic work and presents a state of the 11 art perspective on Otomanguean classification, reconstruction, linguistic prehistory, remaining 12 challenges, and prospects for the future. 13

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耳语（Otomanguean）历史语言学：过去，现在和未来展望

2在中美洲的语言世系中，Otomanguean家族是最多样化的3，也是传播最广泛的家族。长期在人类4个文明的摇篮之一中占据中心地位的是奥斯曼语的讲者在该地区发挥了重要作用，其中5种语言可以说很多话。然而，由于其种类繁多，耳曼语的7种非凡的结构复杂性以及8种耳曼语的历史语言学领域，耳曼语可能是中美洲主要语言家族中了解最少的6种语言。定期9争议和怀疑。着眼于10个家族的更高层次和更古老的时间深度，本文调查了Otomanguean的历史语言工作，并提出了有关Otomanguean的11种艺术观点的分类，重构，语言史前史，剩余的12个挑战以及未来的前景。13日