In Mexico, the most spoken language is Spanish, which is the de facto national language spoken by over 99% of the population
. However, there are also 68 official languages, which represent the most widely-spoken languages of Mexico's indigenous peoples
. Some of these indigenous languages include:
- Nahuatl: Spoken by around 1.6 million people
- Yucatec Maya: Spoken by around 775,000 people
- Tzeltal Maya: Spoken by around 400,000 people
- Tzotzil Maya: Spoken by around 400,000 people
- Mixtec: Spoken by around 360,000 people
- Zapotec: Spoken by around 225,000 people
In addition to these indigenous languages, English is the most widespread non- native language used in Mexico, with around 10% of the population speaking it at different levels of proficiency
. Other languages spoken in Mexico include German, Greek, Arabic, Venetian, Italian, French, Occitan, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Asturian, Filipino, Polish, Hebrew, Korean, Ladino, Plautdietsch, Armenian, Japanese, and Chinese
