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Just How Latin is Latin America?

Monday, January 7th, 2008
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Tz'utujilDuring a recent trip to Guatemala I was surprised to discover how large the indigenous population of that country is - by some estimates nearly half the population is classified as “Native American”, or indigenous. What surprised me even more was the prevalence of people who spoke and used traditional Mayan languages such as Tz’utujil, K’iche and Kaqchikel in daily life. Some people I spoke to said that many of the older people spoke only a Mayan language and did not know Spanish at all. According to the CIA World Factbook, 40% of the population speaks on of 23 Mayan dialects.
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