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  1. Apr 18, 2022 · When one thinks of South America’s linguistic landscape, the dominant languages that spring to mind would be Spanish, spoken by 639 million people (60 per cent), and Portuguese, spoken by 206 million people. However, South America has more language families than North or Central America, touting 37

  2. The Neapolitan language, distinct from Italian, boasts a rich cultural heritage and is predominantly spoken in the Naples region of Italy. With roots stretching back to the 12th century, it encapsulates a unique blend of linguistic influences, including Latin, Spanish, French, and Arabic, highlighting its historical depth and diversity.

  3. American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, [b] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. [4] English is the most widely spoken language in the United States; the de facto common language used in government, education and commerce; and an official language of most U.S. states (32 out of 50). [5]

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    May 9, 2018 · The Aymara language, one of the three most widely spoken (with Quechua and Guaran í) Indian language in South America, belongs to the Andean-Equatorial Language Family, more specifically to the Jaqi Language Group. There are three Jaqi languages: Jaqaru and Kawki, spoken only in Peru, and Aymara, spoken primarily in Bolivia and Peru.

  5. Nov 18, 2021 · Two sign language interpreters working as a team for a school. A sign language (also signed language) is a language which, instead of acoustically conveyed sound patterns, uses visually transmitted sign patterns (manual communication, body language and lip patterns) to convey meaning—simultaneously combining hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial ...

  6. Aug 17, 2021 · In practice, almost every whistled tonal language chooses to use pitch to encode the tones. For languages with a complex set of tones — such as Chinantec, a language in southern Mexico with ...

  7. The Mayan languages [notes 1] form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica, both in the south of Mexico and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least six million Maya people , primarily in Guatemala , Mexico , Belize , El Salvador and Honduras .