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Official languages in South America. The languages of South America can be divided into three broad groups: the languages of the (in most cases, former) colonial powers; many indigenous languages, some of which are co-official alongside the colonial languages; and various pockets of other languages spoken by immigrant populations.
The indigenous languages of South America are those whose origin dates back to the ... Tax, Sol. (1960) "Aboriginal languages of Latin America"; Current Anthropology ...
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.
The term "Latin America" is defined to mean parts of Americas south of the mainland of the United States of America where a Romance language (a language derived from Latin) predominates. Latin America are the countries and territories in the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese, with French being sometimes included.
This is a list of lists of countries and territories by official language. ... Co-official language with Latin: Total 69,153,468 ... South America 217,637,297 [17] ...
Latin American countries (green) in the Americas. Latin America (Spanish: América Latina or Latinoamérica; Portuguese: América Latina; French: Amérique latine) is the region of the Americas where Romance languages (i.e., those derived from Latin)—particularly Spanish and Portuguese, as well as French—are primarily spoken.
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.
Although Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, members of this region still share many cultural attributes in terms of food, language, music, and history. Peru-Bolivian Confederation; Andean regions – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Northern Chile, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina.