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Region names where a language family is spoken today, which can be far wider than where it began. Wikipedia notes several Indo-European languages "have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across Africa, Americas, Oceania and North Asia." This dimension shows the present-day reach of a family rather than only its point of origin.

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Estimated Living Languages
600 1
Region

Amazon basin of northern Peru

Region
1 entry

Amazonas, Brazil

Region
1 entry

Andes, South America

Region
1 entry

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay

Region
1 entry

Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru

Region
1 entry

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia

Region
1 entry

Bahía, northeastern Brazil

Region
1 entry

Bolivia, with Ese’ejja also spoken in Peru

Region
1 entry

Brazil

Region
7 entries

Brazil and Bolivia

Region
1 entry

Brazil, Bolivia

Region
1 entry

Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela

Region
1 entry

Brazil-Venezuela border

Region
1 entry

Central Chile and neighboring areas of Argentina

Region
1 entry

Chiloé Archipelago, southern Chile

Region
1 entry

Colombia and Ecuador

Region
2 entries

Colombia and Panama

Region
1 entry

Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru

Region
1 entry

Dutch colonies in the Americas and Southeast Asia

Region
1 entry

Greater Amazonia

Region
1 entry

Northern Amazon (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil)

Region
1 entry

Northern Peru and eastern Ecuador

Region
1 entry

Northern Peru and Ecuador, inter-Andean valley

Region
1 entry

Northwestern Amazon

Region
2 entries

Paraguay and Argentina

Region
1 entry

Peru

Region
1 entry

Peru and Ecuador

Region
1 entry

Peru, western Brazil, Bolivia and northern Paraguay

Region
1 entry

Peruvian and western Brazilian Amazon

Region
1 entry

Province of Moxos, Department of Beni, Bolivia

Region
1 entry

Río Negro and southern Neuquén, Argentina

Region
1 entry

Rondonia, Brazil

Region
2 entries

Sibundoy Valley, Putumayo Department, Colombia

Region
1 entry

South America (Harakmbut in Peru, Katukinan in Brazil)

Region
1 entry

South America and the Caribbean

Region
1 entry

southern Venezuela and the northern tip of Roraima, Brazil

Region
1 entry

State of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Region
1 entry

Uruguay and the Argentine province of Entre Ríos

Region
1 entry

Western Brazil, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia

Region
1 entry

Xingu River and tributaries, Brazil

Region
1 entry
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Indigenous Languages Of South America
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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 existed in the past may have been substantially higher.
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