History of Mexico

Introduction

Mexico Today

Mesoamerica

Indigenous Languageshttp://www.famsi.org/maps/linguistic.htm

Languageshttp://www.ethnologue.com//show_country.asp?name=MX

• 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

1910-1920 Mexican Revolution

Major Cities

Mexico

Absolute World