Official languages in South and Central America

by Jakub Marian

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The lan­guage sit­u­a­tion in South and Cen­tral Amer­ica may seem sim­pleBrazil­ians speak Por­tuguese, and the rest speaks Span­ish, right?

Not so fast. The sit­u­a­tion in South Amer­ica is quite com­plex, even at the of­fi­cial level. The fol­low­ing map shows the of­fi­cial lan­guage(s) for each South and Cen­tral Amer­i­can coun­try (or ter­ri­tory, if a lan­guage is co-of­fi­cial at re­gional level):

Official languages in South and Central America
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It should be noted that Hun­srik and Pomeran­ian (more pre­cisely East Pomeran­ian) are va­ri­eties of Ger­man (or they can be clas­si­fied as closely re­lated Ger­manic lan­guages). Tal­ian, also called Brazil­ian Venet­ian, is a di­alect of the Venet­ian lan­guage spo­ken in Italy. Of course, none of these lan­guages is in­dige­nous to South Amer­ica.

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