[Fwd: Re: [Aztlan] Autonomous Indigenous People Who Speak Nahuatl]

[John Sullivan, Ph.D.]

John,
That map is deceiving. It reports to show the number of indigenous  
people, not the number of native speakers. Don´t ask me what criteria  
they used to identify these people (From the perspective of the  
native speakers I work with, being a native speaker is a requirement  
for claiming indigenous identity. This is obviously very different  
from US indigenous identity). If you want a more reliable number of  
native speakers, go to
http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/default.aspx?c=2397
John


El 28/08/2007, a las 10:05 AM, John F. Schwaller escribió:

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> De: David Brye <davebrye at gemtel.com.mx>
> Fecha: 27 de agosto de 2007 03:58:42 PM GMT-05:00
> Para: Aztlan at lists.famsi.org
> Asunto: Re: [Aztlan] Autonomous Indigenous People Who Speak Nahuatl
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> Around 1998, the Secretaría de Educación Pública and CONACULTA of  
> the Mexican government published a map of La Diversidad Cultural de  
> México: Los Pueblos Indígenas y sus 62 Idiomas based on 1997  
> estimates of the indigenous population of the country. Normally, 62  
> is given as the number of indigenous groups officially recognized  
> by the government. I'm not clear on what is meant by autonomous in  
> this context.
>
> The top ten indigenous groups were:
> 	Náhuatl        2,563,000
> 	Maya            1,490,000
> 	Zapoteco        785,000
> 	Mixteco           764,000
> 	Otomí               566,000
> 	Tzetzal            547,000
> 	Tzotzil              514,000
> 	Totonaca        410,000
> 	Mazateco       339,000
> 	Chol                274,000
>
> The 16 smallest groups of the 62 number less than 1,000 each.
>
> On Aug 22, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Webmaster wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> While I was on vacation I learned the Mexico has over 100 (gov  
>> recognized)
>> indigenous peoples with appx. 30 of them autonomous.
>>
>> Of these autonomous peoples, does anyone know how many speak  
>> predominantly
>> Nahua?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Un saludo,
>>
>> Daniel Maldonado
>> Webmaster
>> http://chicanoforums.com
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