Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Language

                The nation of Mexico is a very divers place when it comes to its language. The main and primary language is Spanish. Even though Spanish is the main language it is not recognized by the Mexican government as the legitimate national language. In fact many people are not aware the there are 63 languages running through the nation of Mexico. In 2003 the Mexican congress decided to recognize the indigenous language ans well as other national languages. Congress said it to be valued and excepted equally as Spanish. This is great news knowing that the indigenous language is dieing out.
       the most spoken language besides Spanish is the language known as Nahuatle. About 1.5 million Mexican citizens speak this language. Not to many people are able to speak the original language known as classical Nahuatle.
       The third most spoken language in Mexico is Yucatec Maya. This language goes back to before the times of the Aztec empire who spoke Nuhatle. This ancient language is commonly herd through the Mexican Yucatan, Campeche, and Qiuntana Roo. This is one of three Mayan languages. This one is unique in that the use of tone is applied to distinguish nouns and vowels
     These are just two examples of Mexico's Divers languages and history. Many more are also commonly used all over Mexico; however recently there has been a decrease in the amount of people that are still practising the ancient languages.

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