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Languages by Countries
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| Country | Official and national Languages | Other spoken Languages |
| Anguilla | English | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | English | local dialects, Creole English |
| Argentina | Spanish | English, Italian, German, French |
| Aruba | Dutch | Papiamento (Creole with Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English roots), English (widely spoken), Spanish |
| Bahamas | English | Creole (among Haitian immigrants) |
| Barbados | English | |
| Belize | English | Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole |
| Bolivia | Spanish, Quechua, Aymara | |
| Brazil | Portuguese | Spanish, English, French, American Indian languages |
| Canada | English 59%, French 23%; (Canada's Territory Nunavut wants that Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun become official) | 53 native Inuit and American-Indian languages (18%) |
| Cayman Islands | English | |
| Chile | Spanish | |
| Colombia | Spanish | American Indian languages |
| Costa Rica | Spanish | English |
| Cuba | Spanish | |
| Dominica | English | French patois |
| Dominican Republic | Spanish | |
| Ecuador | Spanish | Quechua and other Amerindian languages |
| El Salvador | Spanish | Nahua (among some Amerindians) |
| French Guiana | French | |
| Grenada | English | French patois |
| Guadeloupe | French 99% | Creole patois |
| Guatemala | Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% | (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca) |
| Guyana | English | Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu |
| Haiti | French, Creole | |
| Honduras | Spanish | Amerindian dialects |
| Jamaica | English | most Jamaicans speak an English-based dialect which is known as Patois |
| Martinique | French | Creole patois |
| Mexico | Spanish | various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages |
| Nicaragua | Spanish | English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast |
| Panama | Spanish | English 14% |
| Paraguay | Spanish, Guarani | |
| Peru | Spanish, Quechua | Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages |
| Puerto Rico | Spanish, English | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | English | |
| Saint Lucia | English | French patois |
| Suriname | Dutch | Sranan Tongo, a Creole language contains elements from English, Portugese, Dutch, and influences from African and Indian languages; Hindi, Javanese, Maroon and indigenous people languages |
| Trinidad and Tobago | English | Hindi, French, Spanish, Chinese |
| United States | English (not official language) | Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority) |
| Uruguay | Spanish | Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier) |
| Venezuela | Spanish | numerous indigenous dialects |
| Virgin Islands | English | Spanish, Creole |