The ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub is pleased to present a collection of newly digitized maps, accompanied by a corresponding web map index: 2005 Indigenous Languages of Mexico.
- Geographic Coverage: Mexico
- Date: 2005
- Scale(s): 1:50,000 & 1:250,000
- Physical Availability: in-house only
- Digital Availability: scanned (600dpi)
This index spatially organizes 150 maps covering the 59 officially recognized indigenous languages spoken throughout the country. The map collection features the hundreds of Mexican villages and towns where these Native languages are spoken.
One can select and deselect the various regions to see the language groups and how these languages overlap.
Those interested in the distribution of Mexico’s indigenous tongues might also be interested in exploring and cross-referencing these 2005 linguistic maps with the 1909 Linguistic Map of Mexico and Central America map application, also found within ASU GeoData. Moreover, one can access the raw GIS data layer featured in that map application (1909 Linguistic Regions of Mexico and Central America) and directly overlay the linguistic regions from that 1909 map application over these more contemporary 2005 data. One can analyze and develop insights into the historical-geographical evolution of indigenous languages in the region.
If you’d like to access high resolution images of these infographic maps, please submit a Map/Geo Service Request and we’ll be sure to get back to you within two business days, but typically sooner.
-Robert Wickett, Map and GIS Assistant