The Preservation of the Language as An Element of Identity in Mexico:

A Political Challenge

Laura G. Zaragoza 
(Centro de Investigaciones Judiciales, Poder Judicial del Estado de México)

Abstract: In the new text of the first constitutional article, since the reform in June 2011 , in Mexico, the concept of “Human Rights” has prevailed; all native children, as part of a social group, have the right to know the culture of their community in their own native language, as it is only by learning the very meaning of their language that they will develop their own personal and collective identity, which will allow them to really “be” and “feel” indigenous.

Key words: identity, culture, language, human rights