292 languages are spoken in Mexico. The majority of Mexican official business is conducted in Spanish, although the country also recognizes 68 indigenous languages.

Interviews for this article were originally conducted in Spanish and translated to English by Anya Petrone Slepyan and Julia ...

For example, Zapotec is the sixth-most commonly spoken Indigenous language in Mexico, but in Oaxaca, Zapotec speakers living fewer than 100 miles apart may not even understand each other.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Researchers said the Spanish language spoken by many New Mexicans, their family members, and their ancestors is starting to disappear. People living in this region have been ...

There are at least 20 different Native languages spoken in Alaska. The state is home to two of the most common Native language families in the world — Eskimo-Aleut and Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit.

Mexico making progress in translating Bible into Indigenous languages This year the complete translation into Tzotzil, spoken by approximately 350,000 people, has been achieved. | Credit: Freepik ...

Hundreds of indigenous languages and dialects are spoken in Mexico and Central America, and some of those dialects are drastically different from each other, said Rufino Dominguez-Santos of the bi ...

Languages reflect culture and identity, and some nations host hundreds of them. From Papua New Guinea to India and Nigeria, the world’s most multilingual countries showcase rich diversity. India ...

The one she speaks, called Zoogocho Zapotec, is particularly rare, and spoken by only a few thousand people living in Mexico and a small group who’ve immigrated to the United States.

In 2025, countries like Mexico, the UK, Australia, and Eritrea continue without an official language. Instead, they rely on ...