6-452: The Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (English: National Indigenous Languages Institute) better known by its acronym INALI , is a Mexican federal public agency, created 13 March 2003 by the enactment of the Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos de los Pueblos Indígenas (General Law of Indigenous Peoples' Linguistic Rights) by the administration of President Vicente Fox Quesada . It
12-759: Is a decentralized agency of the Federal Public Administration , attached to the Secretariat of Public Education ( Secretaría de Educación Pública , or SEP). Its supreme organ is the National Council, of which the Secretary of Public Education serves as president, with a Director General in charge of its day-to-day activities. INALI works to promote and protect the use of Mexico's indigenous languages , which it divides into 68 living "linguistic groups" and hundreds of "linguistic varieties" . While many of
18-588: The "groups" have traditionally been considered single languages, INALI recommends that the "varieties" be considered as separate languages in all matters of justice, education, health, and civil administration or information. One of INALI's main tasks is to prevent the disappearance and extinction of indigenous languages that have survived from pre-Hispanic times. Ley General de Derechos Ling%C3%BC%C3%ADsticos de los Pueblos Ind%C3%ADgenas Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos de los Pueblos Indígenas (English: General Law of Indigenous Peoples' Linguistic Rights )
24-492: The conditions of application of the decree, and the attributes, purposes and functions of the National Institute of Indigenous Languages. The law also considers indigenous languages an integral part of the national cultural and linguistic heritage of Mexico. The LGDLPI, in its Article 4, recognizes indigenous languages as national languages with the same validity as Spanish: The indigenous languages that are recognized in
30-584: The terms of this Law and Spanish are national languages due to their historical origin and will have the same validity, guaranteeing at all times the human rights to non-discrimination and access to justice in accordance with the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and the international treaties in the matter to which the Mexican State is a party. This article related to
36-721: Was published in the Mexican Official Journal of the Federation on 13 March 2003 during the term of Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada . It gave rise to the creation of the National Institute of Indigenous Languages . This law is a juridical element that specifies the recognition of the individual and collective rights of the persons and peoples who own and practice some of the 68 indigenous languages of Mexico . In addition, it specifies nations as to be understood by indigenous languages and national languages,
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