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Languages of America
Official and Spoken Languages of the Countries of the Americas and the Caribbean
List of official, national and spoken languages of North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
| Languages by Countries | ||
| Country | Official & National Languages | Other spoken Languages |
| Anguilla | English | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | English | local dialects, Creole English |
| Argentina | Spanish | English, Italian, German, French |
| Aruba | Dutch | Papiamento (Creole with Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English roots), English (widely spoken), Spanish |
| Bahamas | English | Creole (among Haitian immigrants) |
| Barbados | English | |
| Belize | English | Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole |
| Bolivia | Spanish, Quechua, Aymara | |
| Brazil | Portuguese | Spanish, English, French, American Indian languages |
| Canada | English 59%, French 23%; (Canada’s Territory Nunavut wants that Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun become official) | 53 native Inuit and American-Indian languages (18%) |
| Cayman Islands | English | |
| Chile | Spanish | |
| Colombia | Spanish | American Indian languages |
| Costa Rica | Spanish | English |
| Cuba | Spanish | |
| Dominica | English | French patois |
| Dominican Republic | Spanish | |
| Ecuador | Spanish | Quechua and other Amerindian languages |
| El Salvador | Spanish | Nahua (among some Amerindians) |
| French Guiana | French | |
| Grenada | English | French patois |
| Guadeloupe | French 99% | Creole patois |
| Guatemala | Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% | (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca) |
| Guyana | English | Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu |
| Haiti | French, Creole | |
| Honduras | Spanish | Amerindian dialects |
| Jamaica | English | most Jamaicans speak an English-based dialect which is known as Patois |
| Martinique | French | Creole patois |
| Mexico | Spanish | various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages |
| Nicaragua | Spanish | English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast |
| Panama | Spanish | English 14% |
| Paraguay | Spanish, Guarani | |
| Peru | Spanish, Quechua | Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages |
| Puerto Rico | Spanish, English | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | English | |
| Saint Lucia | English | French patois |
| Suriname | Dutch | Sranan Tongo, a Creole language contains elements from English, Portugese, Dutch, and influences from African and Indian languages; Hindi, Javanese, Maroon and indigenous people languages |
| Trinidad and Tobago | English | Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese |
| United States | English (not official language) | Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority) |
| Uruguay | Spanish | Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier) |
| Venezuela | Spanish | numerous indigenous dialects |
| Virgin Islands | English | Spanish, Creole |