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  1. The largest surviving indigenous language groups are Quechuan, Aymaran, Tupí-Guaraní, and Mapuche. Quechuan languages are in use primarily in the Andean highlands (southern Colombia to Bolivia) but also in large areas of the Amazon basin and in northwestern Argentina. Quechuan, collectively the third largest language group in South America ...

  2. Feb 15, 2024 · Colombia is home to more Spanish speakers than any other South American country, at 47.2 million. That’s followed by Argentina, which is home to 43.5 million Spanish speakers, Venezuela, with 31.1 million, Peru (27.4 million) and Chile (18.1 million). Spanish arrived in South America back in the late 1400s, with the first permanent Spanish ...

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  4. About 600 indigenous languages are known from South America, Central America, and the Antilles (see List of indigenous languages of South America ), although the actual number of languages that existed in the past may have been substantially higher. Origins. Language isolates of South America.

  5. May 17, 2018 · Indeed UNESCO has declared that Neapolitan is not actually a dialect, but a real language. It is spoken in almost all regions, from Campania to lower Lazio, from Abruzzo to Molise, from Puglia to Calabria.

  6. South American Indian languages, group of languages that once covered and today still partially cover all of South America, the Antilles, and Central America to the south of a line from the Gulf of Honduras to the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica.

  7. Apr 18, 2019 · South America has a rich linguistic heritage. According to The World Bank’s 2015 study “ Indigenous Latin America in the 21st century ,” the number of languages spoken in the region is 560, although some studies estimate that before Spanish colonization the continent was home to over 2,000.

  8. Jan 5, 2024 · What are the most spoken languages in South America? 1. Spanish. Spanish dances through the lips of millions across South America. From the vibrant streets of Buenos Aires to the ancient alleys of Cusco, Spanish unites, but it also transforms—its regional dialects paint a linguistic mosaic.