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Portuguese is the most spoken language in South America. It is the official language of Brazil, which holds about 51% of the South American population. Spanish is the official language of most countries of the continent. Dutch is the official language of Suriname; English is the official language of Guyana , although there are at least twelve other languages spoken in the country such as Hindi, Arabic, Portuguese and various indigenous dialects. English is also spoken in the Falkland Islands. French is the official language of French Guiana.
Indigenous languages of South America include, among several others, Quechua in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador; Guaraní in Paraguay and, to a much less extent, in Bolivia; Aymara in Bolivia, Peru and less often in Chile, while Mapudungun is spoken in certain pockets of southern Chile and, more rarely, Argentina. At least three South American indigenous languages (Quechua in Peru and Bolivia, Aymara also in Bolivia, and guarani in Paraguay) are recognized along with Spanish as national languages.
Other languages found in South America include Hindi and Indonesian in Suriname; Italian in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Chile; and German in certain pockets, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Peru and Paraguay and in many regions os the southern states of Brazil (Riograndenser Hunsrückisch is the most widely spoken German dialect in the country; among other Germanic dialects, a Brazilian form of Pomeranian is also well represented and is experiencing a revival). Welsh remains spoken and written in the historic towns of Trelew and Rawson in the Argentinean Patagonia. There are also small clusters of Japanese-speakers in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Ecuador. Arabic speakers, often of Lebanese, Syrian or Palestinian descent, can be found in Arab communities in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and less frequently in Colombia and Paraguay.
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