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Main languages. [edit] Spanish is the most spoken language of South America with Portuguese as a very close second. Other official languages with substantial number of speakers are: Aymara in Bolivia and Peru. Guaraní in Bolivia and Paraguay. Quechua in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. Language.
Indigenous languages of South America. The principal families of South America (except Quechua, Aymaran, and Mapuche). The indigenous languages of South America are those whose origin dates back to the pre-Columbian era. The subcontinent has great linguistic diversity, but, as the number of speakers of indigenous languages is diminishing, it is ...
Jolkesky (2016) lists 43 language families and 66 language isolates (and/or unclassified languages) in South America – a total of 109 independent families and isolates. [ 2 ] : 783–806 Andoke-Urekena
Mayan languages are spoken by at least six million Indigenous Maya, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras. In 1996, Guatemala formally recognized 21 Mayan languages by name, and Mexico recognizes eight more. The Mayan language family is one of the best documented and most studied in the Americas.
Spanish is the most widely spoken language of the South American continent, followed closely by Portuguese. The diverse Spanish dialects of the continent have no unifying feature to set them apart from non-South American varieties. The Spanish of the Andean highlands is historically conservative, having some traits in common with the Spanish of ...
Languages of Colombia. Around 99.2% of Colombians speak the Spanish language. [1] Sixty-five Amerindian languages, two Creole languages, the Portuguese language and the Romani language are also spoken in the country. English has official status in the San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands. [2][3][4]
Portuguese is spoken by approximately 200 million people in South America, 30 million in Africa, 15 million in Europe, 5 million in North America and 0.33 million in Asia and Oceania. It is the native language of the vast majority of the people in Portugal, [ 45 ] Brazil [ 46 ] and São Tomé and Príncipe (95%). [ 47 ]
English is the official language of the United States, which is confirmed by legislation in 32 of the 50 states and in all five U.S. territories. The majority of the U.S. population (approximately 78%) speaks only English at home, [ 5 ] followed by Spanish (13.3%), according to the American Community Survey (ACS) of the U.S. Census Bureau.