Luis de Neve y Molina, Reglas de orthographia, diccionario y arte del idioma othomi (Mexico, 1767)

The Otomi grammar printed at Mexico in 1767 by the holder of the Otomi chair at the Real y Pontificio Colegio Seminario, and by his own account the first arte of the language to reach a press. It writes a nasal vowel and a throat vowel, marks a saltillo inside the word, separates three sibilant series, proves a length contrast that turns a needle into a muleteer, counts in twenties, and denies Otomi a participle because its speakers do not use one.