Home›South American Language Families›Classification Status›EstablishedBrowse ByEstablishedFactsEstablishedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested600 1EstablishedFilter Results77 entriesMacro-areaAllArawakan (7)Arawan Family (2)Cariban (5)Chibchan (3)Chocoan Family (3)Ge-Kaingang (Macro-Je) (14)Guaicuruan (3)Nambikwaran Family (1)Panoan and Takanan (3)Quechuan and Aymaran (4)South American Language Isolates and Small Families (19)Tucanoan (1)Tupian (10)Witotoan Family (1)Zaparoan Family (1)Speaker Count BandAll0 (4)1 to 570 (6)24,600 to 795,000 (7)592 to 23,000 (12)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (4)RegionAllAmazonia (1)Argentina (2)Bahia (1)Bolivia (7)Brazil (14)Central America (2)Chile (2)Colombia (10)Ecuador (4)Guyana (1)Mato Grosso (4)Minas Gerais (1)North America (4)Panama (3)Paraguay (2)Patagonia (1)Peru (11)Rio Grande do Sul (1)Santa Catarina (1)South America (62)Suriname (2)The Andes (1)The Gran Chaco (1)The Pampas (1)Tierra del Fuego (1)Uruguay (1)Venezuela (4)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (10)Number of LanguagesAll2 (14)16 to 1,408 (12)3 to 5 (19)6 to 15 (19)In GroupAllArawakan (7)Arawan Family (2)Cariban (5)Chibchan (3)Chocoan Family (3)Ge-Kaingang (Macro-Je) (14)Guaicuruan (3)Nambikwaran Family (1)Panoan and Takanan (3)Quechuan and Aymaran (4)South American Language Isolates and Small Families (19)Tucanoan (1)Tupian (10)Witotoan Family (1)Zaparoan Family (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AraucanianEstablishedArawakanEstablishedArawanEstablishedArikem languagesEstablishedAshéninka languageEstablishedAymaranEstablishedBarbacoanEstablishedBororoanEstablishedCahuapananEstablishedCaribanEstablishedCentral Jê languagesEstablishedCerrado languagesEstablishedChapacuranEstablishedCharruanEstablishedChibchanEstablishedChichamEstablishedChiquitanoEstablishedChocoEstablishedChocoan languagesEstablishedChonanEstablishedEmberá languagesEstablishedGuaicuruanEstablishedGuajiboanEstablishedGuarani languagesEstablishedHarákmbut languageEstablishedHarakmbut-KatukinanEstablishedHibito-CholonEstablishedHuarpeanEstablishedJabutian languagesEstablishedJêEstablishedKamakã languagesEstablishedKatukinan languagesEstablishedKawesqaran languagesEstablishedLule-VilelaEstablishedMacro-JêEstablishedMascoianEstablishedMataguayanEstablishedMaweti-Guarani languagesEstablishedMaxakalían languagesEstablishedMonde languagesEstablishedMoxo languagesEstablishedMunduruku languagesEstablishedNadahupEstablishedNambikwaranEstablishedNorthern Jê languagesEstablishedOtomacoanEstablishedOtomakoanEstablishedPanoanEstablishedPano-Tacanan languagesEstablishedParesi-Waura languagesEstablishedShowing 1 to 50 of 77, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Indigenous Languages Of South AmericaWikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead sectionAbout 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 existed in the past may have been substantially higher.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.