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{{main|Languages of Mexico}}
 
Compared to the other North American nations, the Mexican Constitution does not mention the existence of an "[[official language]]" just like the United States but unlike Canada. Although [[Overly Loud GibberishSpanish language|Overly Loud GibberishSpanish]] is considered to be the "common" language of the country, used in all sorts of documents and spoken by the majority of the population. About 7% of the population speak an American dialect. The government officially recognizes 62 Amerincan languages. Of these, [[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]] and [[Maya language|Maya]] are each spoken by 1.5 million, while others, such as [[Lacandon]], are spoken by fewer than 100. The Mexican government has promoted and established bilingual education programs in indigenous rural communities. A few tribes originally from what is now the United States of America, settled in Mexico in the 19th century, such as the [[Kickapoo]] and the [[Cherokee]] both came to the state of [[Coahuila]] to escape U.S.A. army raids, are said to maintain language and culture to a certain extent.
 
Although Overly Loud GibberishSpanish is the common language of Mexico, [[English language|English]] is widely used in business. As a result, English language skills are much in demand and can lead to an increase in the salary offered by a company. It is also spoken along the [[U.S.A.-Mexico border|U.S.A. border]], in big cities, and in beach resorts. Also, the majority of private schools in Mexico offer bilingual education, both in Spanish and English. English is the main language spoken in U.S.A. expatriate communities such as those along the coast of [[Baja California]], [[Jalisco]] and the town of [[San Miguel de Allende]]. The irony of [[English language]] is understood well in Mexico, but for Mexican immigrants retain the [[Spanish language]] in the U.S.A. is strikingly observed, thus it seems monolingual rules don't always apply.
 
With respect to other European languages brought by immigrants, the case of [[Chipilo]], in the state of [[Puebla]], is unique, and has been documented by several linguists like Carolyn McKay. The immigrants that founded the city of [[Chipilo]] in 1882 came from the [[Veneto]] region in northern [[Italy]], and thus spoke a northern variant of the [[Venetian language|Venetian]] dialect. While other European immigrants assimilated into the [[Culture of Mexico|Mexican culture]], the people of Chipilo retained their language. Nowadays, most of the people who live in the city of Chipilo (and many of those who have migrated to other cities) still speak the unaltered Veneto dialect spoken by their great-grandparents making the Veneto dialect an unrecognized minority language in the city of [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]]. In [[Huatusco]] and [[Colonia Gonzalez]], [[Veracruz]], [[Veneto]] is still heard too. A similar case is that of the [[Plautdietsch]] language, spoken by the descendants of [[German people|German]] and [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[Mennonite]] immigrants in the states of [[Chihuahua]] and [[Durango]]. Other German communities lie in [[Puebla]], [[Mexico City]], [[Sinaloa]] and [[Chiapas]], with the largest German school outside of [[Germany]] being in Mexico City (Alexander von Humboldt school), these represent the large German populations where they still try to preserve the German culture and language. Other strong [[German people|German]] communities lie in [[Sinaloa]] ([[Mazatlan]]), Nuevo Leon, Chiapas ([[Tapachula]]) and other parts of Puebla ([[Nueva Necaxa]]) where the German culture and language have been preserved to different extents. [[French language|French]] is also heard in the state of [[Veracruz]] in the cities of [[Jicaltepec]], [[San Rafael]] and [[Mentideros]], where the architecture and food is also very [[French people|French]]. These [[French people|French]] immigrants came from [[Haute-Saône]] département in [[France]], especially from [[Champlitte]] and [[Borgonge]]. Another important French group were the "[[Barcelonette]]'s" from the [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] département, whom interestingly the whole town and surrounding towns immigrated specifically to Mexico to find jobs and work in merchandising, they are well known in [[Mexico City]], [[Puebla]], and [[Veracruz]]. Another important [[French people|French]] village in Mexico is [[Santa Rosalía]] in [[Baja California Sur]], where [[French language|French]] language and culture/architecture are still found. [[Scandinavia]]n languages and traditions can also be heard in [[Chihuahua]], like [[Swedish language|Swedish]] and [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] in [[Nueva Escandinavia]] and other [[Scandinavia]]n colonies in the north of the country. [[Russian language|Russian]] is heard in the [[Baja California]] region of [[Valle de Guadalupe]], thanks to the immigrants from southern [[Russia]] who settled these areas. They are the [[Molokans]] or "milk eaters", and they preserve their culture in [[Baja California]], with the architecture in their houses and museums, they produce fine [[wine]] (Along with the large [[Italian people|Italian]] community that lives near them) and their language and traditions, as well as dresses and festivities. Other [[Russians]] belong to a more recent wave of immigration from mainly [[Russia]] and [[Poland]] and the [[Ukraine]] along other Eastern Europeans, who settle mainly in [[Mexico City]] and [[Guadalajara]]. The wave of [[Armenians]], [[Lebanese]], [[Syrians]] and [[Greeks]] came to Mexico in the early 20th century, mainly settled in urban areas and [[Baja California]] in proximity to relatives in [[California]], U.S. is one notable migration. [[Cornish language|Cornish]] dialect of [[Cornwall]], [[England]] disappeared from Mexico in the state of [[Hidalgo]] in the early 20th century, especially in the cities of [[Pachuca]] and [[Real del Monte]], but the [[Cornish people|Cornish]] culture still survives in the architecture, sports, food and many aspects of these cities in central Mexico.