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The Primary Language Of Mexico

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Mexico is a country in North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the United States. Mexico is the third largest country in Latin America and has a population 121,736,809 people (2015). The country consist of 31 states and 1 federal district (distrito federal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (Veracruz), Yucatan, Zacatecas. The primary language is Spanish fallowed by indigenous languages such as mayan, nahuatl, and other regional languages.
Mexico is the site of several advanced amerindian civilizations - including the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya, and Aztec. The Olmecs, Mexico’s first known society, settled on the Gulf Coast near what is now Veracruz. Remembered for the giant head sculptures they carved from native stone, the Olmecs had two main population centers: San Lorenzo, which flourished from about 1200 to 900 B.C., and La Venta in Tabasco, which lasted until about 600 B.C. The Mayans, widely considered to be pre-Columbian America’s most brilliant civilization, thrived between

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