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In 2003, the Mexican Congress approved the General Law of Linguistic Rights of the Indigenous Peoples (Spanish: Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos), which is a law that recognizes that Mexico's history makes its indigenous languages "national languages". [18]
Indigenous languages of Mexico in 2005 Language Speakers Nahuatl (Nahualt, Nahuat, Nahual, Melatahtol) 1,376,026 Yucatec Maya (Maaya tʼaan) 759,000 Mixtec (Tuʼun sávi) 423,216 Zapotec (Diidxaza/Dizhsa) 410,901 Tzeltal Maya (Kʼop o winik atel) 371,730 Tzotzil Maya (Batsil kʼop) 329,937 Otomí (Hñä hñü) 239,850 Totonac (Tachihuiin) 230,930
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The subarea commonly called Central Mexico, covering valleys and mountainous areas surrounding the Valley of Mexico, originally was mainly host to Oto-Pamean languages; however, beginning in the late classic these languages were largely gradually displaced by Nahuatl, which was henceforth the predominant indigenous language of the area.
Hayes-Bautista reminds Mexican Americans that Spanish wasn’t the primary language of Mexico until the country was colonized by Spain. Today, Mexico’s most commonly spoken languages are Spanish ...
The Spanish Crown proclaimed Spanish to be the language of the empire; indigenous languages were used during the conversion of individuals to Catholicism. [65] Because of this, indigenous languages were more widespread than Spanish from 1523 to 1581. [65] During the late sixteenth century, the prevalence of the Spanish language increased. [65]
Mexican states by population and percentage of Indigenous language–speakers. Mexican states by percentage of Indigenous peoples, 2010. ... Languages of Mexico ...