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3 unusual facts about Languages of Peru


Languages of Peru

-- Aún así, el número es mayor, pero desproporcionado. -->The following is an incomplete list of languages spoken today, and a number that became extinct in the twentieth century or that are endangered.

In Peru, the most common language is Spanish, which is spoken by the majority of Peruvians (83.92% of the total population).

Yet from the time of European conquest, epidemics and periods of forced work (in addition to the influence of the hegemonic Spanish language), fewer than 150 can be counted today.



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