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Mexicanos árabes (Spanish) | |
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.jpg) Carlos Slim Helú is one of the most important Mexicans of Arab descent | |
| Total population | |
| c. 35,253[1] – c. 100,000[2][3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mexico City and Sinaloa | |
| Languages | |
| Mexican Spanish • Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity • Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs, Jews, Spanish Mexicans |
Arab Mexicans are Mexican citizens of Arab ethnic lineage, who identify themselves as Arab. Some of Mexico's Arabs are of Lebanese.[4]
The inter-ethnic marriage in the Arab community, regardless of religious affiliation, is very high; most community members have only one parent who has Arab ethnicity. As a result of this, the Arab community in Mexico shows marked language shift away from only Arabic. Only a few speak any Arabic, and such knowledge is often limited to a few basic words. Instead the majority, especially those of younger generations, speak Spanish as a first language. Arabic and Spanish have collided in Mexico as a mixture of languages and put into one which is spoken more than the original Arabic. An example of this intercultural exchange is present in the hit television program Hecho en Mexico and especially in popular character Roby Checa's day-to-day interactions. His popular Pedas de Rancho series is an example of his contribution to Mexican Arab culture and is currently being debated in the Mexican Senate floor for the honorary admission to the Archivos Nacionales.
- ^ "LA INMIGRACIÓN ÁRABE EN MÉXICO: INTEGRACIÓN NACIONAL E IDENTIDAD COMUNITARIA" (PDF). estudioshistoricos.inah.gob.mx. February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Inmigración libanesa en México. Un caso de diversidad cultural" (PDF). estudioshistoricos.inah.gob.mx. February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "En busca de las huellas árabes en México. La inmigración árabe en los siglos XIX y XX". August 2019. Archived from the original on 31 October 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ Arellano, Gustavo. "There's more Lebanese sangre in Mexico than you might think". Westword. Retrieved 2021-12-26.