page_title: Indigenous languages of South America
hierarchical_section_title: Indigenous languages of South America
caption_attribution_description: English: Main language families of South America (aside from Quechuan and Aymaran languages), approximate language areas).
context_page_description: The indigenous languages of South America are those whose origin dates back to the pre-Columbian era. The subcontinent has great linguistic diversity, but, as the number of speakers of indigenous languages is diminishing, it is estimated that it could become one of the least linguistically diverse regions of the planet.
  About 600 indigenous languages are known from South America, Central America, and the Antilles, although the actual number of languages that may have existed in the past may have been substantially higher.
context_section_description: The indigenous languages of South America are those whose origin dates back to the pre-Columbian era. The subcontinent has great linguistic diversity, but, as the number of speakers of indigenous languages is diminishing, it is estimated that it could become one of the least linguistically diverse regions of the planet.
  About 600 indigenous languages are known from South America, Central America, and the Antilles (see List of indigenous languages of South America), although the actual number of languages that may have existed in the past may have been substantially higher.
caption: The principal families of South America (except Quechua, Aymaran, and Mapuche).
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