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The 1999 Constitution of Venezuela declared Spanish and languages spoken by indigenous people from Venezuela as official languages. Deaf people use Venezuelan Sign Language (lengua de señas venezolana, LSV). Portuguese (185,000) [1] and Italian (200,000), [2] are the most spoken languages in Venezuela after the official language of Spanish.
Although most residents are monolingual Spanish speakers, many languages are spoken in Venezuela. In addition to Spanish, the Constitution recognizes more than thirty Indigenous languages, including Wayuu, Warao, Pemón, and many others for the official use of the Indigenous peoples, mostly with few speakers – less than 1% of the total ...
Pages in category "Languages of Venezuela" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Venezuela: 42 6 48 0.68 31,087,151 777,179 770
The Llanero (plainsman) dialect is spoken in the Venezuelan plains, Los Llanos. One of its characteristics is a considerable aboriginal lexicon, a product of the fusion of Spanish with Indigenous languages. The Margaritan dialect , spoken in Isla Margarita and the northeast of mainland Venezuela. The Margaritan dialect sometimes has an ...
Most of them speak languages belonging to the Arawakan, Cariban, and Chibchan languages families. Pure indigenous Amerindians comprise around 2 percent of the population. [50] There are 101 languages listed for Venezuela in the Ethnologue database, of which 80 are spoken today as living languages.
Ñ-shaped animation showing flags of some countries and territories where Spanish is spoken. Spanish is the official language (either by law or de facto) in 20 sovereign states (including Equatorial Guinea, where it is official but not a native language), one dependent territory, and one partially recognized state, totaling around 442 million people.
English is an official language in Guyana, and its creole form is the country's most widely spoken language. English is also the official language in the territories of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. French is the official language in French Guiana, an overseas region of France.