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[2] [3] [4] The majority of Colombians speak Spanish (see also Colombian Spanish), but in total 90 languages are listed for Colombia in the Ethnologue database. The specific number of spoken languages varies slightly since some authors consider as different languages what others consider to be varieties or dialects of the same language.
(Top) 1 Number of living ... This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Colombia: 85 4 89 1.25 ...
Andoque–Urequena languages (3 P) C. Articles containing Cuiba-language text (1 P) M. Malibu languages (2 P) R. ... Pages in category "Languages of Colombia"
Main language families of South America (other than Aimaran, Mapudungun, and Quechuan, which expanded after the Spanish conquest). 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 ...
The Caro and Cuervo Institute in Bogotá is the main institution in Colombia to promote the scholarly study of the language and literature of both Colombia and the rest of Spanish America. The educated speech of Bogotá, a generally conservative variety of Spanish, has high popular prestige among Spanish-speakers throughout the Americas.
The population of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina uses three languages: Creole, English and Spanish. [4] [5] San Andrés–Providencia Creole is an official language in its territory of influence, according to the Colombian Constitution of 1991 which guarantees the rights and protections of languages in the country. [4]
Colombia Language Status Comments ISO 639-3 A'ingae, Cofán language: Severely endangered [1] con Achagua language: Severely endangered [1] aca Andoke language: Severely endangered [1] ano Aruaco language: Vulnerable [1] arh Awa Cuaiquer language: Critically endangered [1] kwi Baníwa do Içana language: Vulnerable [1] Also spoken in: Brazil ...
The Emberá group consists of two languages mainly in Colombia with over 60,000 speakers that lie within a fairly mutually intelligible dialect continuum. Ethnologue divides this into six languages. Kaufman (1994) considers the term Cholo to be vague and condescending.