Language in South America

Spanish is the official language in all countries except Brazil, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, and is widely spoken even in the countries that are not historically Spanish speaking. Portuguese is the official language in Brazil, which comprises about half the population and land area of the continent. Read More »

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Language in South America is based on South America by Kambayashi, Matthew Stidham, Eco84, Ryan Holliday, LtPowers, Globe-trotter, ChubbyWimbus, Sumone10154, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.