Home›South American Language Families›Speaker Count Band›0Browse By0Speaker count band groups language families by roughly how many people speak a language from that family. Wikipedia notes that "over 3.4 billion people (42% of the global population) speak an Indo-European language as a first language," by far the largest total of any family. This dimension lets a visitor compare families of similar overall reach.Facts0SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested600 10Filter Results59 entriesRegionAllBahía, northeastern Brazil (1)Chiloé Archipelago, southern Chile (1)Northern Peru and Ecuador, inter-Andean valley (1)Paraguay and Argentina (1)Río Negro and southern Neuquén, Argentina (1)In GroupAllArawakan (29)Arawan Family (1)Barbacoan Family (1)Chibchan (1)Ge-Kaingang (Macro-Je) (1)Guaicuruan (1)Quechuan and Aymaran (3)South American Language Isolates and Small Families (19)Zaparoan Family (3)Macro-areaAllArawakan (29)Arawan Family (1)Barbacoan Family (1)Chibchan (1)Ge-Kaingang (Macro-Je) (1)Guaicuruan (1)Quechuan and Aymaran (3)South American Language Isolates and Small Families (19)Zaparoan Family (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 59Amarizana language0.000000Anauyá language0.000000Andoa language0.000000Apolista language0.000000Aroaqui language0.000000Aruã language0.000000Aushiri language0.000000Avane language0.000000Betoi Language0.000000Cahuarano language0.000000Canamaré language0.000000Canari-Puruha0.000000Canichana0.000000Caquetío language0.000000Cararí language0.000000Central Alacaluf language0.000000Chimuan languages0.000000Chonan0.000000Chono0.000000Culle0.000000Culli0.000000Esmeraldéño0.000000Guaicaro language0.000000Guamo language0.000000Guarú language0.000000Guinau language0.000000Gununa Kune0.000000Huarpean0.000000Itonama0.000000Jirajaran0.000000Kamakã languages0.000000Kariaí language0.000000Kunza0.000000Kustenau language0.000000Mainatari language0.000000Maipure language0.000000Manao language0.000000Mandahuaca language0.000000Marawá language0.000000Marawan language0.000000Mepuri language0.000000Mochica0.000000Morique language0.000000Munichi0.000000Mure language0.000000Otomakoan0.000000Parawana language0.000000Payagua0.000000Saraveca language0.000000Taíno language0.000000Tallán language0.000000Urequena language0.000000Wainumá-Mariaté language0.000000Waraikú language0.000000Wiriná language0.000000Yavitero language0.000000Yumana language0.000000Yurumanguí0.000000Záparo language0.000000Sources1. 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.