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Languages spoken in Belize (2010) Language speakers percentage English: 183,903: 62.9% Spanish: 165,296: 56.6% Belizean Creole: 130,467: 44.6% Q'eqchi' Maya: 17,581: 6.0% Mopan Maya: 10,649: 3.6% German: 9,364: 3.2% Garifuna: 8,442: 2.9% Other languages: 7,847: 2.7% N.A. 1,537: 0.5% Total : 292,263: 100%
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Creole, or Kriol, is the third most commonly spoken language. Approximately 44.6% of the population speak this language. Creole is based on English and influenced by Miskito (a Native American language) and West African and Bantu languages.
There are about 10 languages spoken by a large population of people in the tiny Central American nation of Belize. This includes English, the official language, Spanish, and Kriol which are all spoken by a majority of Belizeans as well as indigenous languages and a few immigrant languages.
The official language in Belize is English. It is the language that Belizeans use for teaching in schools, in government functions, in business transactions, and in any form of formal correspondence. Though not the most commonly spoken in everyday life, English is spoken and understood in all of Belize.
Home Geography & Travel Countries of the World. Languages of Belize. English is the official language of Belize, but most of the population also speaks a creole patois, and many Belizeans are multilingual. Yucatec, Mopán, and Kekchí are spoken by the Maya in Belize.
In Belize, an estimated 30,000 people are native speakers of a Mayan language, and many of them also speak Belizean Creole or another language. The three major Mayan languages that are currently spoken in Belize are Mopan, Q’eqchi’, and Yucatec Maya.
