{"id":9124,"date":"2026-08-16T12:03:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enteratelatino.org\/?p=9124"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T18:47:22","slug":"new-voices-in-indigenous-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enteratelatino.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/new-voices-in-indigenous-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"New voices in indigenous languages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mexican composer Azalea B\u00e1alam in an archive photo in Mexico City. EFE\/Jos\u00e9 M\u00e9ndez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latin America is one of the world&#8217;s most linguistically diverse regions. Around 560 indigenous languages \u200b\u200bcoexist within its borders, but it is estimated that between 40% and 60% of them are at risk of disappearing. The decline of these languages \u200b\u200bis driven by intense processes of social, economic, and productive change, as well as increasing urbanization and the migration of indigenous peoples to cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this context, a chorus of new Latin American voices has emerged, reclaiming their linguistic heritage through music. Numerous artists have achieved considerable fame both within and beyond the continent by singing in Indigenous languages. In doing so, they have succeeded in bringing these languages \u200b\u200bcloser to new generations, promoting their revitalization, standardization, and everyday use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mayan music.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mayan language family, comprising about thirty languages, has approximately 6 million speakers in Guatemala and some 700,000 in Mexico. It also extends throughout Belize, much of Guatemala, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azalea B\u00e1alam is a Mexican artist and producer, born in Jo&#8217; (present-day M\u00e9rida, Yucat\u00e1n) in 1993. She is also the creator of the musical concepts \u201cnahuapop\u201d and \u201cmayapop\u201d, referring to two of the languages \u200b\u200bin which she composes her songs, Nahuatl and Yucatec Maya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her recipe for combating linguistic death is to create a \u201ctag that grabs attention\u201d among young audiences, like the two already mentioned. With these, the singer challenges the hegemony of English and Spanish in the entertainment industry by combining these languages \u200b\u200band her Jaina flute, a pre-Hispanic instrument, with pop or K-pop (South Korean pop).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sara Curruchich, born in 1993 in San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango, in a Kaqchikel community in the central highlands of Guatemala, has also brought a Mayan language into the realm of music. Specifically, she sings in Kaqchikel, her native language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_2.jpg?fit=760%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_2.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_2.jpg?resize=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_2.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Mayan singer-songwriter Sara Curruchich during one of her performances at the Parque de la Industria in Guatemala City, Guatemala. EFE\/David Toro<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her musical style blends rock, folk, and traditional Kaqchikel Mayan music. Although she debuted just seven years ago with her album \u2018Somos\u2019 (2019), her musical career has led her to a 55-date tour across Spain, France, Chile, the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Colombia in 2022, and to be recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the most creative people in Central America that same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quechua rhythms.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Quechua languages \u200b\u200bare a set of 44 languages \u200b\u200bspoken by about 3.8 million people in Peru, around 1.6 million in Bolivia, about 800,000 in Ecuador, and in a minority way in Colombia, Argentina, and Chile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lenin Tamayo, a 26-year-old singer from Lima, has revolutionized Peruvian music with his fusion of Quechua and K-pop. The artist created the genre Q-pop (Quechua pop) in 2022, and since then has achieved great success both nationally and internationally. His popularity even led him to tour Asia in 2024, visiting South Korea, India, Thailand, and Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_3-scaled.jpg?fit=760%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_3-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_3-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_3-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_3-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_3-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_3-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_3-scaled.jpg?resize=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_3-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_3-scaled.jpg?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photograph showing the Peruvian artist Lenin in Lima, Peru. EFE\/Paolo Aguilar<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This fusion of styles was motivated by his personal history of bullying. During that time, his classmates laughed at and mocked the singer for the way he walked, dressed, and spoke. Then, thanks to the support of his mother and a group of female classmates with whom he listened to K-pop, he decided to break free from that situation, giving rise to the global phenomenon he is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another singer who sings in Quechua is Renata Flores, born in 2001 in Huamanga, Peru. The rapper combines this language with Andean music and urban rhythms like trap. In her lyrics, she celebrates her Indigenous identity and sings about freedom and female empowerment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_4-scaled.jpg?fit=760%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_4-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_4-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_4-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_4-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_4-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_4-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_4-scaled.jpg?resize=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_4-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enteratelatino.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/55021145460_4-scaled.jpg?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Renata Flores, born in 2001 in Huamanga, Peru, is a singer who sings in Quechua. EFE\/ Adriana Thomasa<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flores grew up surrounded by art and social awareness. She began writing her own songs in her teens, inspired by American singer Nina Simone. Her mother was another major influence, as she was the director of the Surca Cultural Association, which promoted the development of children and young people through art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Peruvian artist was recognized by \u2018Hola\u2019 magazine as one of the 100 most influential Latin women of 2021. Furthermore, between August and October 2026, the singer will embark on a European tour that will take her to Germany, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, and Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jes\u00fas Aina. EFE REPORTS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican composer Azalea B\u00e1alam in an archive photo in Mexico City. 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