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  2. Peruvian Spanish - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian Spanish (Español peruano) is a family of dialects of the Spanish language that have been spoken in Peru since its introduction by Spanish conquistadors in 1532. There are five varieties spoken in the country, by about 94.4% of the population. [citation needed] The five Peruvian dialects are Andean Spanish, Peruvian Coastal Spanish ...

  3. Languages of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Languages of Peru. No officially designated keyboard layout. Both the Latin American Spanish layout and the Spaniard Spanish layout are de facto in use side by side. Peru has many languages in use, with its official languages being Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. Spanish has been in the country since it began being taught in the time of José ...

  4. Peru - Wikipedia

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    According to the Peruvian Constitution of 1993, Peru's official languages are Spanish and, in areas where they predominate, Quechua and other Indigenous languages. Spanish is spoken natively by 82.6% of the population, and coexists with several native languages, of which the most important is the Quechuan languages , spoken by 16.92% of the ...

  5. Peruvians - Wikipedia

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    Peru is the fourth most populous country in South America. [19] Its demographic growth rate declined from 2.6% to 1.6% between 1950 and 2000, and its population is expected to reach approximately 46 - 51 million in 2050. [20] As of 2017, 79.3% lived in urban areas and 20.7% in rural areas. [21]

  6. Peruvian Ribereño Spanish - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian coastal Spanish (Spanish: Español costeño peruano), also known as Ribereño Spanish (Spanish: Español ribereño) or Spanish from Lima (Spanish: Español limeño), is the form of the Spanish language spoken in the coastal region of Peru. The dialect has four characteristic forms today: the original one, that of the inhabitants of ...

  7. Quechuan languages - Wikipedia

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    Quechua, along with Aymara and minor indigenous languages, remains essentially a spoken language. In recent years, Quechua has been introduced in intercultural bilingual education (IBE) in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Even in these areas, the governments are reaching only a part of the Quechua-speaking populations.

  8. History of Peru - Wikipedia

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    History of Peru. The history of Peru spans 15 millennia, [1] extending back through several stages of cultural development along the country's desert coastline and in the Andes mountains. Peru's coast was home to the Norte Chico civilization, the oldest civilization in the Americas and one of the six cradles of civilization in the world.

  9. Spanish dialects and varieties - Wikipedia

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    Dialects of Spanish spoken in Argentina. 5 varieties of Spanish spoken in Peru. Spanish dialects in Colombia. Spanish dialects spoken in Venezuela. Some of the regional varieties of the Spanish language are quite divergent from one another, especially in pronunciation and vocabulary, and less so in grammar.