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Flag of MexicoWhat Language Do They Speak in Mexico?

The official language of Mexico is Spanish. In total about 277 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Spanish (83%), English (13%) and Yucateco (1%).

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Endangered languages

Official languages of Mexico

De facto official

Spanish

español

83% of the population · Indo-European

Most spoken languages in Mexico

Spanish De facto official
83%
13%
Yucateco
0.67%
Tidaá Mixtec
0.41%
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
0.39%
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
0.39%
Soyaltepec Mixtec
0.37%
Chazumba Mixtec
0.37%
San Juan Teita Mixtec
0.37%
Tijaltepec Mixtec
0.37%
Tacahua Mixtec
0.37%
Yoloxochitl Mixtec
0.37%
Share of the population who speak the language (first or second language).

Languages commonly listed for Mexico

MixtecNáhuatlOtomíSpanishYucatecZapotec

Languages of neighbouring countries

Flag of United StatesEnglish
Flag of GuatemalaSpanish
Flag of BelizeEnglish

All languages of Mexico (277)

LanguageSpeakers hereFamilyStatus
Spanish108,514,200 · 83%Indo-EuropeanDe facto official
English16,996,200 · 13%Indo-EuropeanSafe
Yucateco875,958 · 0.67%MayanSafe
Tidaá Mixtec530,000 · 0.41%OtomangueanThreatened
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl509,886 · 0.39%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Western Huasteca Nahuatl509,886 · 0.39%Uto-AztecanSafe
Soyaltepec Mixtec480,000 · 0.37%OtomangueanVulnerable
Chazumba Mixtec480,000 · 0.37%OtomangueanVulnerable
San Juan Teita Mixtec480,000 · 0.37%OtomangueanThreatened
Tijaltepec Mixtec480,000 · 0.37%OtomangueanThreatened
Tacahua Mixtec480,000 · 0.37%OtomangueanThreatened
Yoloxochitl Mixtec480,000 · 0.37%OtomangueanThreatened
Zapotec450,000 · 0.34%Otomanguean—
Central Mazahua444,516 · 0.34%OtomangueanVulnerable
Tzeltal370,000 · 0.28%MayanSafe
Huaxcaleca Nahuatl260,000 · 0.2%Uto-AztecanVulnerable
Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl260,000 · 0.2%Uto-AztecanSafe
Santa María La Alta Nahuatl260,000 · 0.2%Uto-AztecanVulnerable
Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl260,000 · 0.2%Uto-AztecanSafe
Sierra Negra Nahuatl260,000 · 0.2%Uto-AztecanSafe
Central Huasteca Nahuatl248,406 · 0.19%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Tzotzil240,000 · 0.18%MayanSafe
Huautla Mazatec220,000 · 0.17%OtomangueanThreatened
Chol210,000 · 0.16%MayanSafe
Highland Puebla Nahuatl200,000 · 0.15%Uto-AztecanSafe
Northern Puebla Nahuatl200,000 · 0.15%Uto-AztecanSafe
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl200,000 · 0.15%Uto-AztecanSafe
Coyutla Totonac170,000 · 0.13%TotonacanSafe
Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec150,000 · 0.11%OtomangueanThreatened
Alacatlatzala Mixtec150,000 · 0.11%OtomangueanThreatened
Silacayoapan Mixtec150,000 · 0.11%OtomangueanThreatened
Michoacán Mazahua150,000 · 0.11%OtomangueanVulnerable
Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec150,000 · 0.11%OtomangueanThreatened
Tezoatlán Mixtec150,000 · 0.11%OtomangueanVulnerable
Guerrero Nahuatl150,000 · 0.11%Uto-AztecanSafe
Tlamacazapa Nahuatl150,000 · 0.11%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Azoyú Me'phaa150,000 · 0.11%OtomangueanSafe
Acatepec Me'phaa150,000 · 0.11%OtomangueanSafe
Juxtlahuaca Mixtec150,000 · 0.11%OtomangueanThreatened
Huastec130,000 · 0.1%MayanVulnerable
Querétaro Otomi130,000 · 0.1%OtomangueanThreatened
Western Highland Purepecha120,000 · 0.09%TarascanVulnerable
Orizaba Nahuatl120,000 · 0.09%Uto-AztecanSafe
Malinaltepec Me'phaa120,000 · 0.09%OtomangueanSafe
Highland Totonac120,000 · 0.09%TotonacanSafe
Tlacoapa Me'phaa120,000 · 0.09%OtomangueanSafe
Mezquital Otomi100,000 · 0.08%OtomangueanSafe
Lowland Tarahumara85,000 · 0.07%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Central Tarahumara85,000 · 0.07%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Isthmus Zapotec85,000 · 0.07%OtomangueanThreatened
Papantla Totonac80,000 · 0.06%TotonacanThreatened
Eastern Highland Otomi72,000 · 0.06%OtomangueanThreatened
Tenango Otomi72,000 · 0.06%OtomangueanSafe
Texcatepec Otomi72,000 · 0.06%OtomangueanSafe
Ipalapa Amuzgo60,000 · 0.05%OtomangueanThreatened
Purepecha55,000 · 0.04%TarascanVulnerable
Southwestern Tepehuan55,000 · 0.04%Uto-AztecanVulnerable
San Jerónimo Tecóatl Mazatec53,000 · 0.04%OtomangueanThreatened
Puebla Mazatec53,000 · 0.04%OtomangueanSafe
San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo51,000 · 0.04%OtomangueanSafe
Loxicha Zapotec50,000 · 0.04%OtomangueanThreatened
Huichol45,000 · 0.03%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Coatlán Mixe45,000 · 0.03%Mixe-ZoqueThreatened
Isthmus Mixe45,000 · 0.03%Mixe-ZoqueThreatened
Mazatlán Mixe45,000 · 0.03%Mixe-ZoqueThreatened
Rincón Zapotec41,000 · 0.03%OtomangueanVulnerable
Las Delicias Zapotec41,000 · 0.03%——
Southern Rincon Zapotec41,000 · 0.03%——
Mayo40,000 · 0.03%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Central Nahuatl40,000 · 0.03%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Isthmus-Pajapan Nahuatl39,000 · 0.03%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Ojitlán Chinantec38,000 · 0.03%OtomangueanThreatened
Tabasco Chontal37,000 · 0.03%MayanThreatened
Temoaya Otomi37,000 · 0.03%OtomangueanVulnerable
Northern Tepehuan36,000 · 0.03%Uto-AztecanVulnerable
Southeastern Tepehuan36,000 · 0.03%Uto-AztecanVulnerable
Tojolabal34,000 · 0.03%MayanVulnerable
Guerrero Amuzgo31,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Pinotepa Nacional Mixtec30,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
San Juan Colorado Mixtec30,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl30,000 · 0.02%Uto-AztecanSafe
Francisco León Zoque30,000 · 0.02%Mixe-ZoqueSafe
Juquila Mixe29,000 · 0.02%Mixe-ZoqueVulnerable
North Central Mixe29,000 · 0.02%Mixe-ZoqueVulnerable
Quetzaltepec Mixe29,000 · 0.02%BookkeepingThreatened
Western Tlacolula Valley Zapotec29,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanVulnerable
Santa Lucía Monteverde Mixtec28,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Atatláhuca Mixtec28,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
San Miguel El Grande Mixtec28,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Yosondúa Mixtec28,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Soyaltepec Mazatec28,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Tlacolulita Zapotec28,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanVulnerable
Western Highland Chatino27,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Highland Popoluca26,000 · 0.02%Mixe-ZoqueThreatened
Copala Triqui26,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
San Martín Itunyoso Triqui26,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Chicahuaxtla Triqui26,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Palantla Chinantec25,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Valle Nacional Chinantec25,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanVulnerable
Lalana Chinantec23,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Tepinapa Chinantec23,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Sinicahua Mixtec22,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Santa Teresa Cora20,000 · 0.02%Uto-AztecanVulnerable
El Nayar Cora20,000 · 0.02%Uto-AztecanVulnerable
San Francisco Del Mar Huave20,000 · 0.02%HuaveanThreatened
San Dionisio Del Mar Huave20,000 · 0.02%HuaveanThreatened
Santa María Del Mar Huave20,000 · 0.02%HuaveanThreatened
Chayuco Mixtec20,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Jamiltepec Mixtec20,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanThreatened
Estado de México Otomi20,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanVulnerable
Mitla Zapotec20,000 · 0.02%OtomangueanSafe
Ocotepec Mixtec19,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Morelos Nahuatl19,000 · 0.01%Uto-AztecanSafe
Northern Tlaxiaco Mixtec19,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Eastern Highland Chatino18,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanSafe
Nopala Chatino18,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanSafe
San Mateo Del Mar Huave18,000 · 0.01%HuaveanThreatened
Jalapa De Díaz Mazatec18,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Yaqui18,000 · 0.01%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Tlahuitoltepec Mixe17,000 · 0.01%Mixe-ZoqueVulnerable
Central Puebla Nahuatl16,000 · 0.01%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Filomena Mata-Coahuitlán Totonac15,000 · 0.01%TotonacanSafe
Ocotlán Zapotec15,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
San Pedro Quiatoni Zapotec15,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanSafe
Tepeuxila Cuicatec13,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanVulnerable
Peñoles Mixtec13,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Huitepec Mixtec13,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
San Marcos Tlacoyalco Popoloca13,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
San Luís Temalacayuca Popoloca13,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Tamazola Mixtec13,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Ayutla Mixtec12,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Northern Pame12,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanVulnerable
Mazatlán Mazatec12,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Choapan Zapotec12,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanVulnerable
Central Pame11,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Comaltepec Chinantec10,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Quiotepec Chinantec10,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Apasco-Apoala Mixtec10,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanVulnerable
Amatlán Zapotec10,000 · 0.01%Otomanguean—
Güilá Zapotec9,500 · 0.01%OtomangueanSafe
Mixtepec Mixtec9,200 · 0.01%OtomangueanVulnerable
Ixcatlán Mazatec8,600 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Zenzontepec Chatino8,500 · 0.01%OtomangueanSafe
Petapa Zapotec8,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanVulnerable
Usila Chinantec7,400 · 0.01%OtomangueanVulnerable
Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec7,400 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Southwestern Tlaxiaco Mixtec7,300 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Mezontla Popoloca7,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
San Juan Atzingo Popoloca7,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Sierra de Juárez Zapotec7,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Yareni Zapotec7,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Mixtepec Zapotec7,000 · 0.01%OtomangueanVulnerable
Ozolotepec Zapotec6,500 · 0.01%OtomangueanThreatened
Ixtayutla Mixtec6,380 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Southeastern Ixtlán Zapotec6,000 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Amoltepec Mixtec5,600 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Totontepec Mixe5,500 · 0%Mixe-ZoqueVulnerable
Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec5,500 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Isthmus-Cosoleacaque Nahuatl5,100 · 0%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Cajonos Zapotec5,000 · 0%OtomangueanSafe
Lachiguiri Zapotec5,000 · 0%OtomangueanSafe
Tilquiapan Zapotec5,000 · 0%OtomangueanSafe
Yatee Zapotec5,000 · 0%OtomangueanSafe
Santa Inés Ahuatempan Popoloca5,000 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Coatecas Altas Zapotec4,900 · 0%OtomangueanSafe
Sayula Popoluca4,800 · 0%Mixe-ZoqueVulnerable
Guevea De Humboldt Zapotec4,700 · 0%OtomangueanSafe
Chimalapa Zoque4,500 · 0%Mixe-ZoqueVulnerable
Highland Oaxaca Chontal4,400 · 0%TequistlatecanVulnerable
Southeastern Nochixtlán Mixtec4,200 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec4,200 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Texmelucan Zapotec4,100 · 0%Otomanguean—
Pisaflores Tepehua4,000 · 0%TotonacanVulnerable
Quiavicuzas Zapotec4,000 · 0%OtomangueanSafe
Quioquitani-Quierí Zapotec4,000 · 0%OtomangueanSafe
Ayautla Mazatec3,700 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Sochiapam Chinantec3,600 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Tetelcingo Nahuatl3,500 · 0%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Yalálag Zapotec3,500 · 0%OtomangueanSafe
Upper Necaxa Totonac3,400 · 0%TotonacanSafe
Diuxi-Tilantongo Mixtec3,400 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Aloápam Zapotec3,400 · 0%OtomangueanSafe
San Vicente Coatlán Zapotec3,400 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Southern Puebla Mixtec3,200 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Ozumacín Chinantec3,100 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Teutila Cuicatec3,100 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Michoacán Nahuatl3,000 · 0%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Huehuetla Tepehua3,000 · 0%TotonacanVulnerable
Xicotepec De Juárez Totonac3,000 · 0%TotonacanVulnerable
Tlachichilco Tepehua3,000 · 0%TotonacanVulnerable
Lachixío Zapotec3,000 · 0%OtomangueanSafe
San Felipe Otlaltepec Popoloca3,000 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Mitlatongo Mixtec2,800 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Chichicapan Zapotec2,700 · 0%Otomanguean—
Cuyamecalco Mixtec2,600 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Yatzachi Zapotec2,500 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Santiago Xanica Zapotec2,500 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Xanaguía Zapotec2,500 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Venetian2,484 · 0%Indo-EuropeanThreatened
Chichimeca-Jonaz2,400 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Santa Inés Yatzechi Zapotec2,200 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Mazaltepec Zapotec2,200 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Huarijio2,100 · 0%Uto-AztecanVulnerable
Coatzospan Mixtec2,100 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Lealao Chinantec2,000 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Tabaa Zapotec2,000 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Copainalá Zoque2,000 · 0%Mixe-ZoqueVulnerable
Rayón Zoque2,000 · 0%Mixe-ZoqueVulnerable
Santa María Quiegolani Zapotec2,000 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Tepetotutla Chinantec1,900 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Chiltepec Chinantec1,800 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Metlatónoc Mixtec1,800 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Western Totonac1,600 · 0%TotonacanSafe
Chiquihuitlán Mazatec1,500 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Santa María Zacatepec Mixtec1,500 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
San Baltazar Loxicha Zapotec1,500 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Coatepec Nahuatl1,400 · 0%Uto-AztecanVulnerable
Zoogocho Zapotec1,400 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Chigmecatitlán Mixtec1,400 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Eastern Durango Nahuatl1,300 · 0%Uto-AztecanThreatened
Western Durango Nahuatl1,300 · 0%Uto-AztecanMoribund
San Francisco Matlatzinca1,200 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Lowland Oaxaca Chontal1,100 · 0%TequistlatecanMoribund
Tututepec Mixtec1,000 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Miahuatlán Zapotec1,000 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Santa Catarina Albarradas Zapotec1,000 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Seri915 · 0%—Vulnerable
Ayoquesco Zapotec880 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Chochotec850 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Lacandon600 · 0%MayanVulnerable
Zaachila Zapotec550 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Tataltepec Chatino540 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Tecpatlán Totonac540 · 0%TotonacanSafe
Kumiai500 · 0%Cochimi-YumanVulnerable
Yecuatla Totonac500 · 0%TotonacanVulnerable
Coyotepec Popoloca500 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Cacaloxtepec Mixtec460 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Ixtenco Otomi460 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
San Miguel Piedras Mixtec460 · 0%OtomangueanThreatened
Ometepec Nahuatl430 · 0%Uto-AztecanVulnerable
Kickapoo423 · 0%AlgicVulnerable
Temascaltepec Nahuatl310 · 0%Uto-AztecanVulnerable
Zacatepec Chatino300 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Paipai230 · 0%Cochimi-YumanNearly extinct
Afro-Seminole Creole200 · 0%Indo-EuropeanMoribund
Ixcatec200 · 0%OtomangueanNearly extinct
Cocopa180 · 0%Cochimi-YumanVulnerable
Mocho120 · 0%MayanNearly extinct
Atzingo Matlatzinca100 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Tilapa Otomi100 · 0%OtomangueanVulnerable
Asunción Mixtepec Zapotec100 · 0%OtomangueanMoribund
Tabasco Zoque70 · 0%Mixe-ZoqueNearly extinct
San Agustín Mixtepec Zapotec59OtomangueanMoribund
Kiliwa46Cochimi-YumanNearly extinct
Sindihui Mixtec34OtomangueanThreatened
Tabasco Nahuatl30Uto-AztecanNearly extinct
Tejalapan Zapotec10OtomangueanVulnerable
Oluta Popoluca1Mixe-ZoqueMoribund
Texistepec Popoluca1Mixe-ZoqueNearly extinct
Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec—OtomangueanVulnerable
Mamulique———
Yutanduchi Mixtec—OtomangueanThreatened
Itundujia Mixtec—OtomangueanThreatened
Tlazoyaltepec Mixtec—OtomangueanThreatened
Yucuañe Mixtec—OtomangueanThreatened
Pima Bajo—Uto-AztecanVulnerable
Southeastern Tarahumara—Uto-AztecanThreatened
Southwestern Tarahumara—Uto-AztecanThreatened
Garza———
Alcozauca Mixtec—OtomangueanThreatened
Xadani Zapotec—OtomangueanVulnerable
Yautepec Zapotec—OtomangueanVulnerable
Totomachapan Zapotec—OtomangueanMoribund
El Alto Zapotec—OtomangueanSafe
Coatlán Zapotec—OtomangueanMoribund
Zaniza Zapotec—Otomanguean—
Elotepec Zapotec—OtomangueanVulnerable

Frequently asked questions

What language do they speak in Mexico?

The official language of Mexico is Spanish. In total about 277 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Spanish (83%), English (13%) and Yucateco (1%).

What is the official language of Mexico?

Spanish.

Is English spoken in Mexico?

About 13% of people in Mexico speak English (17 million).

How many languages are spoken in Mexico?

About 277 living languages — #6 in the world for linguistic diversity. 136 of them are endangered.

Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT).

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