It will be in Milpa Alta!
According to INEGI data, it is estimated that around 1,400,000 indigenous people live in Mexico City, of which approximately 129,000 speak their mother tongue and Nahuatl is the one with the greatest presence since 29 per one hundred of the total indigenous speakers represent this language; followed by Mixtec with 12.3; otomi with 10.6; Mazatec with 8.6; Zapotec with 8.2 and Mazahua with 6.4 percent.
In the framework of International Mother Language Day, the government of Mexico City will open the first School of Indigenous Languages in the Milpa Alta delegation, said the local Secretary of Education, Mauricio Rodríguez.
The official explained that this is an initial project in which two agencies will share expenses. ? In a first effort, as well as there are English schools, we will seek that Nahuatl be given in this, as it is the most widely spoken in Mexico City, and as time goes by, the demand for other languages will be seen ?, he explained.
For this purpose, a building will be enabled in which it is expected to serve from 40 to 50 students, with the support of the network of interpreters and translators in Mexico City. ? Between the rental of the property, its adaptation and the acquisition of furniture, as well as the payment of the teachers’ salaries, would initially be required of around 400 thousand pesos? estimated Mauricio Rodríguez
In addition, the Secretary of Education said that every 14 days a mother tongue is lost; while in the capital of the pías 55 languages are spoken out of the 60 languages that exist in Mexico and it was mentioned that it works in a coordinated way to guarantee to the children who do not speak Spanish their right to education.