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There are many other languages once spoken in South America that are extinct today (such as the extinct languages of the Marañón River basin). In Brazil, there are around 135 indigenous languages confirmed. The regions with the most speakers are North and Central-West Brazil, where there is a larger concentration of native people.
This is a partial list of extinct languages of South America, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant. There are 176 languages listed. Argentina
Over a thousand known languages were spoken by various peoples in North and South America prior to their first contact with Europeans. These encounters occurred between the beginning of the 11th century (with the Nordic settlement of Greenland and failed efforts in Newfoundland and Labrador) and the end of the 15th century (the voyages of Christopher Columbus).
Most spoken languages, Ethnologue, 2024 [4] Language Family Branch First-language (L1) speakers Second-language (L2) speakers Total speakers (L1+L2) English (excl. creole languages) Indo-European: Germanic: 380 million 1.135 billion 1.515 billion Mandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, but excl. other varieties) Sino-Tibetan: Sinitic: 941 ...
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [ 1 ] Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world.
Campbell & Grondona (2012:116–130) lists the following 395 languages of South America as unclassified. Most are extinct. [1] Many were drawn from Loukotka (1968) [2] and Adelaar & Muysken (2004). [3] The majority are not listed in Ethnologue. The list is arranged in alphabetical order. Aarufi – Colombia; Aburuñe – Bolivia; Acarapi – Brazil
Bolivia is officially multilingual, supporting Spanish and 36 native languages. [128] Brazil, Portuguese (official) and upwards to 100 languages spoken mainly in the urban areas (European and Asian) and indigenous languages in the Amazon. The use of indigenous languages in primary education is enshrined in the constitution.
The five most widely spoken Romance languages by number of native speakers are: Spanish (489 million): official language in Spain, Mexico, Equatorial Guinea, and most of Central and South America; French (321 million): official in 29 countries [4] Portuguese (240 million): [5] official in Portugal, Brazil, Portuguese-speaking Africa, Timor ...