The Most Spoken Languages In South American Countries
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Spanish is the official languages in all South American countries except Brazil, Guyana, Suriname and French Guinea, and is spoken even in country that are not historically Spanish. Portuguese is the official language in Brazil. Official languages in Guyana, Suriname and French Guinea are respectively English, Dutch and French.
Before colonization from European nations, South America was inhabited by several Aboriginal nations speaking a wide variety of languages from different language families, most of them being long forgotten now, but a lot are still known by few and are currently in danger of extinction. At the time of European contact, it is estimated that 1,500 languages were spoken in South America; only 350 of those languages are still spoken today. Quechua is the native language family with the most speakers.
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