Within the population of 3 years and older who speak indigenous languages in Nuevo León, it stands out that Nahuatl and Huasteco are the languages spoken in the state, followed by Zapotec, Otomi and Tseltal.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), in 2020 a total of 77,945 people in Nuevo León were speakers of an indigenous language.
Nuevo León leads the rise in the population speaking an indigenous language
Of that total, the authority specified in its interactive data tables, 44,977 speak Nahuatl, which represents 57.70 percent of the state total; on the part of Huasteco, 16,532 people speak it in the state.
That is, together, these two languages account for 61,509 people, 78.91 percent of the 77,945 people in the state.
In this group, details the Inegi, 22,668 people who speak Nahuatl are men and 22,309 women, in both cases first place in the state also by gender.
In third place is Zapotec with 2,161; in fourth, Otomi with 2,154, and in fifth, Tseltal with 1,351.
According to the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples, members of 56 different ethnic groups live in Nuevo León, and a total of 352,282 people in the state are considered indigenous.
It should be noted that, of these groups, there are 19 that do not reach double digits of speakers.
Six of these cases have only one person in the state, and correspond to the Akateko, Ixcateco, Kiliwa, Papago, Pima or Tlahuica languages; from the 2020 data it is clear that two people in the state speak Chocholteco; two, Cuicateco, and two, Kaqchikel.
Based on official figures, in Nuevo León there are 3 people who speak Lacandon and 3 who speak Southern Tepehuan.
There are also 4 who speak Ixil; 4, Teko; 5, Awakateko; 5, K’iche’; 6, Kickapoo; 8, Chichimeco Jonaz; 8, Mam, and 8, Q’anjob’al.
Source: milenio
