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Four percent of Mexico's indigenous speakers are Otomí, a native group who traveled north with the Spaniards during their conquest of Mexico and settled in Jalisco, Nayarit, and Guanajuato. Otomí is part of the Oto-Manguean language group.<ref>John P. Schmal, "Indigenous Languages of Mexico" (Mexconnect Mexico Culture and Arts, http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3689-indigenous-languages-in-mexico).</ref> | Four percent of Mexico's indigenous speakers are Otomí, a native group who traveled north with the Spaniards during their conquest of Mexico and settled in Jalisco, Nayarit, and Guanajuato. Otomí is part of the Oto-Manguean language group.<ref>John P. Schmal, "Indigenous Languages of Mexico" (Mexconnect Mexico Culture and Arts, http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3689-indigenous-languages-in-mexico).</ref> | ||
Nayarit is also home to many speakers of the Huichol language. Huichol speakers represent only 0.59% of Mexico's indigenous speakers, but even if their numbers are small they represent a tenacious group of Mexico's Native Americans. The Huichol were able to survive and preserve their language, culture, and religion even while neighboring groups succumbed to disease and assimilation. The greatest number of Huichol speakers, about 55 percent, live in Nayarit.<ref>John P. Schmal, "Indigenous Languages of Mexico" (Mexconnect Mexico Culture and Arts, http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3689-indigenous-languages-in-mexico).</ref> | |||
=== Language Aids === | === Language Aids === | ||