The 2005 Mexican Conteo (Count)
The 2005 Mexican Conteo (Count) has been published. Compared with the 2000
Mexican Censo, the new count indicates a decline in the numbers of Mexican
citizens who speak indigenous languages: from
6,044,547
in
2000
to
6,011,202
in
2005.
This represented a drop from
7.2%
to
6.7%.
for indigenous speakers 5 years and older.
|
Most spoken languages, number of speakers, and percentage of all indigenous speakers: |
|
|
1. Náhuatl: 1,376,026;
22.89% 2. Maya: 759,000 speakers; 12.63% 3. Mixtec Languages: 423,216; 7.04% |
4. Zapotec Languages:
410,901; 6.84% 5. Tzeltal: 371,730; 6.18% 6. Tzotzil: 329,937; 5.49% 7. Otomí: 239,850; 3.99% |
| The states with the largest number of indigenous speakers and percentages of that state's population: | |
|
1. Oaxaca: 1,091,502
speakers; 35.3% 2. Yucatán: 538,355 speakers, 33.5% 3. Chiapas: 957,255 speakers; 26.1% 4. Quintana Roo: 170,982 speakers' 19.3% 5. Hidalgo: 320,029 speakers; 15.5% |
6. Guerrero: 383,427
speakers; 14.2% 7. Campeche: 89,084 speakers; 13.3% 8. Puebla: 548,723 speakers; 11.7% 9. San Luis Potosí: 234,815 speakers; 11.1% 10. Veracruz: 605,135 – 9.5% |
| Several important Mayan tongues in Chiapas increased between the 2000 Censo and the 2005 Conteo.. The five most widely spoken languages of Chiapas are: | |
|
1. Tzeltal: 362,658
indigenous speakers ; 37.9% of the state’s indigenous population) 2. Tzotzil: 320,921 indigenous speakers; 33.5% |
3. Chol: 161,794
speakers;16.9% 4. Zoque: 43,936 speakers ; 4.6% 5. Tojolabal: 42,798; 4.5% |
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