The total number of languages of America surpasses by far the fifth hundred, between languages, dialects and patois. The main languages are related to those introduced by European settlers followed by the main languages of Amerindian cultures. Spanish is spoken by over 360 million people, concentrated mainly in Mexico, Central and South America. There are also significant Spanish-speaking communities in America and some Caribbean islands. See geographical distribution of the Spanish language. English is spoken by some 325 million people. It is the most spoken language in the United States and is officially in Canada, Belize, Guyana, the Falkland Islands and Puerto Rico antillanos.En some territories has been regarded as a second official language. Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, with a total of over 185 million speakers. French is spoken in some Caribbean islands (such as Haiti, Guadeloupe and Martinique, among others), in the region of Quebec in Canada and French Guiana. Quechua is the language most widely spoken native with more than 12 million people. It's official in Bolivia and Peru, and a significant minority in Ecuador, southern Colombia and n
orthern Chile and Argentina. Next to the Quechua, Aymara is also an official in Bolivia and Peru. Creole is a Creole language based mainly in French, which is spoken in Haiti. Guarani is spoken by more than 6 million people, mostly in Paraguay, where he is an official language. Various native languages spoken in the area of Mesoamerica, as Nahuatl (spoken by 1.5 million people in Mexico), Quiche (spoken by 1.4 million people in Guatemala and Mexico), languages mayenses (collectively spoken by 5 million people in Mexico and Central America), the Zapotec (spoken in Oaxaca by about 800 thousand people, especially the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, including many from Europe and Arab), the Mixtec (spoken in Oaxaca and Guerrero by more than 500 thousand persons), among others. Dutch is spoken in the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba and Surinam. In the territory of Greenland are the official Danish and Greenlandic. Some o
ther languages have an important demographic weight without being official, including: The mapudungun is the native language spoken by about 440 thousand Mapuche in Chile and Argentina. The Wayuu or guajiro is an indigenous language spoken by just over 400,000 in Colombia and Venezuela. Papiamento is a creole language spoken on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. Various languages, including German and Italian are still spoken by immigrants who came to America during the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century. The auxiliary language Esperanto is spoken by about 300 thousand people in countries throughout the continent, with notable concentrations in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, United States, Canada and Cuba.
viernes, 7 de noviembre de 2008
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I hope you'll allow two comments:
1) The Welsh language has been spoken in part of Patagonia, Argentina, since Welsh settlers first moved there in 1865.
2)Esperanto is a remarkable linguistic phenomenon. I'm glad you gave it a mention here.
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