Languages of Ecuador
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Spanish; Spanish, Kichwa and Shuar for intercultural relations; Remaining indigenous languages are official where they are spoken[1] |
| Sign languages | Ecuadorian Sign Language |
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The most common and official language of Ecuador is Spanish, in addition to Northern Quechua and other pre-colonial American languages, which are spoken by 2,300,000 (Adelaar 1991). Ethnologue lists 24 languages of Ecuador:[2]
References
- ↑ Constitution of Ecuador 2008, Chapter One, Article 1, Wikisource
- ↑ http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=EC
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