Editing Culture of Mexico (section)

===Language===
[[File:Pre-contact distribution language families Mexico.svg|thumb|Distribution of linguistic groups around 1500.]]
{{main|Languages of Mexico}}
{{see also|Mexican Spanish}}

Mexico is the most populous [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking country in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spanish-language.com/spanish-language/|title=Learn Spanish in Mexico - Spanish Courses in Mexico - Spanish Schools in Mexico|access-date=2010-02-18|publisher=Spanish-Language.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917232618/http://www.spanish-language.com/spanish-language/|archive-date=2010-09-17}}</ref> Although the overwhelming majority of Mexicans today speak Spanish, there is no ''[[de jure]]'' official language at the federal level. The government recognizes 62 indigenous [[Amerindian languages]] as national languages.<ref name="MoveOnNet.eu">{{cite web|url=http://www.moveonnet.eu/directory/country?id=MX|title=Mexico - General country information|access-date=2010-02-18|publisher=MoveOnNet.eu|archive-date=2009-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402075409/http://www.moveonnet.eu/directory/country?id=MX|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Some Spanish vocabulary in Mexico has roots in the country's indigenous languages, which are spoken by approximately 6% of the population.<ref name="MoveOnNet.eu"/> Some indigenous Mexican words have become common in other languages, such as the [[English language]]. For instance, the words tomato, chocolate, [[coyote]], and [[avocado]] are [[Nahuatl]] in origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zompist.com/indianwd.html|title=Amerindian Words in English|access-date=2010-02-18|publisher=Zompist.com}}</ref>