History of Mexico Introduction

Mexico Today

Mesoamerica

Indigenous Languages

Languages Population 104,959,594. Speakers of American Indian languages 8%. National or official language: Spanish. Literacy rate: 87%–88%. Immigrant languages: –Basque, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, English (350,000), –Japanese (35,000), –Tohono O’odham, Vlax Romani (5,000), –Arabic (400,000), Chinese (31,000), –Blind population: 200,000. –Deaf population: 1,300,000 to 5,590,207 (1998). –The number of individual languages listed for Mexico is 298. Of those, 291 are living languages and 7 have no known speakers.

New Spain

Territorial Losses

Mexican Revolution

Major Cities

Mexico

Absolute World