Mexican Spanish

Mexican Spanish
Mexican Spanish
Español mexicano
Pronunciation	[espaˈɲol mexiˈkano]
Native to	Mexico
Ethnicity	Mexicans
Native speakers	L1: 120 million (2021); L2: 8.2 million (2021)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Romance Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Castilian Spanish Mexican Spanish; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	New Mexican; Sabine River dialect
Writing system	Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Mexico (de facto)
Regulated by	Academia Mexicana de la Lengua
Language codes
ISO 639-1	es
ISO 639-2	[[ISO639-3:spa\|spa]]
ISO 639-3	None
	Varieties of Mexican Spanish.[source?] Northeastern Northwestern Northern peninsular Western Abajeño Central Southern Coastal Chiapaneco Yucateco
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Further information: List of countries by Spanish-speaking population

Mexican Spanish is a dialect of the Spanish language spoken by more than 113 million people. It has a different accent than standard Spanish.^[3] It is the official language of Mexico, starting from when the Spaniards and their Black people from Sub-Saharan Africa invaded and colonized the country in the 16th century.^[4]

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