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Yucatán, with 537,516 indigenous language speakers, accounting for 30.3% of the state's population. These five states accounted for 61.1% of all indigenous language speakers in Mexico. Most indigenous Mexicans do not speak their own languages and speak only Spanish. This is reflected in these five states' populations.
Mexican states by percentage of Indigenous peoples, 2010. ... Languages of Mexico; Indigenous peoples of Mexico; ... This page was last edited on 7 June 2024, ...
Indigenous culture of Mexico (3 C, ... List of Mexican states by Indigenous-speaking population; A. Acaxee; ... This page was last edited on 19 June 2024, ...
This law means that indigenous peoples can use their native language in communicating with government officials and request official documents in that language. The Mexican state supports the preservation and promotion of the use of the national languages through the activities of the National Institute of Indigenous Languages. [19] [20] [21]
According to the 2010 Mexican census, there are 116,240 speakers of the language in the State of Mexico, which is 53% of all indigenous language speakers in the state, most of whom are bilingual in Spanish. [7] [8] Migration has caused Mazahua to be the sixth most commonly spoken language in Mexico City. [8]
The government recognizes 62 indigenous Amerindian languages as national languages. [18] Some Spanish vocabulary in Mexico has roots in the country's indigenous languages, which are spoken by approximately 6% of the population. [18] Some indigenous Mexican words have become common in other languages, such as the English language.
The Zapotec (Valley Zapotec: Bën za) are an Indigenous people of Mexico. Their population is primarily concentrated in the southern state of Oaxaca, but Zapotec communities also exist in neighboring states. The present-day population is estimated at 400,000 to 650,000, [1] many of whom are monolingual in one of the Native Zapotec languages and ...
The Indigenous people of Oaxaca are descendants of the inhabitants of what is now the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, who were present before the Spanish invasion. Several cultures flourished in the ancient region of Oaxaca from as far back as 2000 BC, of whom the Zapotecs and Mixtecs were perhaps the most advanced, with complex social organization ...