Languages of South America

Other official languages with substantial number of speakers are: Indigenous languages of South America include, among several others, the Quechua languages in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru and to a lesser extent in Argentina, Chile, and Colombia; Guaraní in Paraguay and to a much lesser extent in Argentina and Bolivia; Aymara in Bolivia and Peru and to a lesser extent in Chile; Wayuu in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela; and Mapudungun in small pockets of southern Chile and Argentina.

Indigenous populations have been trying to keep their traditions of their homeland, with the help of Funai, the agency responsible for the protection of the native people.

[20] Source:[21] In Brazil, Italian and German dialects, specifically Talian, East Pomeranian, and Hunsrik, have co-official status alongside Portuguese in about a dozen cities and are mandatory subjects in schools in other municipalities.

[49] There are also small clusters of Japanese speakers in Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia (including Okinawans from the island of Okinawa).

[54] Sranan Tongo, an English-based creole, serves as one of the lingua francas of Suriname, alongside Dutch.

[15] Other non-indigenous languages spoken include Arabic,[55] Chinese,[56] Romani,[57] Haitian Creole,[58] Romanian,[59] Greek,[60] Polish,[61] Ukrainian,[62] and Russian.