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mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80" title="बोलीविया क भाषा सिनी – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="बोलीविया क भाषा सिनी" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lling%C3%BCes_de_Bolivia" title="Llingües de Bolivia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Llingües de Bolivia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE" title="বলিভিয়ার ভাষা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বলিভিয়ার ভাষা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%96" title="Мовы Балівіі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мовы Балівіі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mga_tataramon_sa_Bolibya" title="Mga tataramon sa Bolibya – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Mga tataramon sa Bolibya" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprachen_in_Bolivien" title="Sprachen in Bolivien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sprachen in Bolivien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BB%CF%8E%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Γλώσσες της Βολιβίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γλώσσες της Βολιβίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a 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margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Aymara_language" title="Aymara language">Aymara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Araona_language" title="Araona language">Araona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baure_language" title="Baure language">Baure</a>, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9siro_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bésiro language">Bésiro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canichana_language" title="Canichana language">Canichana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cavine%C3%B1o_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavineño language">Cavineño</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cayubaba_language" title="Cayubaba language">Cayubaba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A1cobo_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Chácobo language">Chácobo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chim%C3%A1n_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Chimán language">Chimán</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ese_Ejja_language" title="Ese Ejja language">Ese Ejja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Guaraní language">Guaraní</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guarasuawe_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Guarasuawe language">Guarasu'we</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guarayu_language" title="Guarayu language">Guarayu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Itonama_language" title="Itonama language">Itonama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leco_language" title="Leco language">Leco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Machajuyai-Kallawaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Machajuyai-Kallawaya">Machajuyai-Kallawaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Machineri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Machineri language">Machineri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maropa_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Maropa language">Maropa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moje%C3%B1o-Ignaciano" class="mw-redirect" title="Mojeño-Ignaciano">Mojeño-Ignaciano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moje%C3%B1o-Trinitario" class="mw-redirect" title="Mojeño-Trinitario">Mojeño-Trinitario</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mor%C3%A9_language_(Bolivia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moré language (Bolivia)">Moré</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moset%C3%A9n_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosetén language">Mosetén</a>, <a href="/wiki/Movima_language" title="Movima language">Movima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pacawara_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacawara language">Pacawara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puquina_language" title="Puquina language">Puquina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quechua_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Quechua language">Quechua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sirion%C3%B3_language" title="Sirionó language">Sirionó</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tacana_language" title="Tacana language">Tacana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tapiet%C3%A9_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Tapieté language">Tapieté</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toromona_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Toromona language">Toromona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uru-Chipaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Uru-Chipaya">Uru-Chipaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weenhayek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Weenhayek language">Weenhayek</a>, <a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Araona_language" title="Araona language">Araona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aymara_language" title="Aymara language">Aymara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayoreo_language" title="Ayoreo language">Ayoreo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baure_language" title="Baure language">Baure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callahuaya_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Callahuaya language">Callahuaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canichana_language" title="Canichana language">Canichana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavine%C3%B1a_language" title="Cavineña language">Cavineña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayubaba_language" title="Cayubaba language">Cayubaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiquitano_language" title="Chiquitano language">Chiquitano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Guaraní language">Guaraní</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Bolivian_Guaran%C3%AD" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Bolivian Guaraní">Eastern Bolivian Guaraní</a></li> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_Spanish" title="Bolivian Spanish">Bolivian Spanish</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacana_language" title="Tacana language">Tacana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapiet%C3%A9_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Tapieté language">Tapieté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toromona_langauage" class="mw-redirect" title="Toromona langauage">Toromona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipaya_language" title="Chipaya language">Uru-Chipaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uru_language" title="Uru language">Uru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Argentine_Guaran%C3%AD" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Argentine Guaraní">Western Argentine Guaraní</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wich%C3%AD_Lhamt%C3%A9s_Nocten" title="Wichí Lhamtés Nocten">Wichí Lhamtés Nocten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wich%C3%AD_Lhamt%C3%A9s_Vejoz" title="Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz">Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz</a></li> <li><a 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title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Culture_of_Bolivia" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Culture of Bolivia"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>languages of <a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a></b> include <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>; several dozen indigenous languages, most prominently <a href="/wiki/Aymara_language" title="Aymara language">Aymara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quechua_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Quechua language">Quechua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiquitano_language" title="Chiquitano language">Chiquitano</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Bolivian_Guaran%C3%AD_language" title="Eastern Bolivian Guaraní language">Guaraní</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bolivian_Sign_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolivian Sign Language">Bolivian Sign Language</a> (closely related to <a href="/wiki/American_Sign_Language" title="American Sign Language">American Sign Language</a>). Indigenous languages and Spanish are official languages of the state according to the 2009 Constitution. The constitution says that all indigenous languages are official, listing 36 specific languages, of which some are extinct. Spanish and Quechua are spoken primarily in the <a href="/wiki/Andes" title="Andes">Andes</a> region, Aymara is mainly spoken in the <a href="/wiki/Altiplano" title="Altiplano">Altiplano</a> around <a href="/wiki/Lake_Titicaca" title="Lake Titicaca">Lake Titicaca</a>, Chiquitano is spoken in the central part of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_department" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Cruz department">Santa Cruz department</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Guarani_language" title="Guarani language">Guarani</a> is spoken in the southeast on the border with <a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_official_languages">List of official languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Bolivia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of official languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:El_castellano_como_lengua_materna_(censo_nacional_2001).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/El_castellano_como_lengua_materna_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png/220px-El_castellano_como_lengua_materna_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/El_castellano_como_lengua_materna_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png/330px-El_castellano_como_lengua_materna_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/El_castellano_como_lengua_materna_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png/440px-El_castellano_como_lengua_materna_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png 2x" data-file-width="915" data-file-height="1027" /></a><figcaption>Native <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> speakers: 44.89%.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Distribucion_de_los_quechuas_por_municipios_(censo_nacional_2001).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Distribucion_de_los_quechuas_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png/220px-Distribucion_de_los_quechuas_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Distribucion_de_los_quechuas_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png/330px-Distribucion_de_los_quechuas_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Distribucion_de_los_quechuas_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png/440px-Distribucion_de_los_quechuas_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png 2x" data-file-width="915" data-file-height="1027" /></a><figcaption>Native <a href="/wiki/Southern_Quechua" title="Southern Quechua">Quechua</a> speakers: 25.08%.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Distribucion_de_los_aymaras_por_municipios_(censo_nacional_2001).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Distribucion_de_los_aymaras_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png/220px-Distribucion_de_los_aymaras_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Distribucion_de_los_aymaras_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png/330px-Distribucion_de_los_aymaras_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Distribucion_de_los_aymaras_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png/440px-Distribucion_de_los_aymaras_por_municipios_%28censo_nacional_2001%29.png 2x" data-file-width="915" data-file-height="1027" /></a><figcaption>Native <a href="/wiki/Aymara_language" title="Aymara language">Aymara</a> speakers: 16.77%.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indigenous_languages_of_Bolivia.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Indigenous_languages_of_Bolivia.png/220px-Indigenous_languages_of_Bolivia.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Indigenous_languages_of_Bolivia.png/330px-Indigenous_languages_of_Bolivia.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Indigenous_languages_of_Bolivia.png/440px-Indigenous_languages_of_Bolivia.png 2x" data-file-width="2361" data-file-height="2362" /></a><figcaption>Prevalent indigenous language by municipality. Only languages >20% displayed. Based on 2001 census.</figcaption></figure> <p>The following languages are listed as official languages in the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Bolivia" title="Constitution of Bolivia">Constitution of Bolivia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_Spanish" title="Bolivian Spanish">Castilian</a> (Spanish)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Araona_language" title="Araona language">Araona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aymara_language" title="Aymara language">Aymara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baure_language" title="Baure language">Baure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9siro_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bésiro language">Bésiro</a> (Chiquitano)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canichana_language" title="Canichana language">Canichana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavine%C3%B1o_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavineño language">Cavineño</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayubaba_language" title="Cayubaba language">Cayubaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A1cobo_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Chácobo language">Chácobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chim%C3%A1n_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Chimán language">Chimán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ese_Ejja_language" title="Ese Ejja language">Ese Ejja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Bolivian_Guaran%C3%AD_language" title="Eastern Bolivian Guaraní language">Guaraní</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guarasuawe_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Guarasuawe language">Guarasu'we</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guarayu_language" title="Guarayu language">Guarayu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itonama_language" title="Itonama language">Itonama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leco_language" title="Leco language">Leco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machajuyai-Kallawaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Machajuyai-Kallawaya">Machajuyai-Kallawaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machineri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Machineri language">Machineri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maropa_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Maropa language">Maropa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moje%C3%B1o-Ignaciano" class="mw-redirect" title="Mojeño-Ignaciano">Mojeño-Ignaciano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moje%C3%B1o-Trinitario" class="mw-redirect" title="Mojeño-Trinitario">Mojeño-Trinitario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mor%C3%A9_language_(Bolivia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moré language (Bolivia)">Moré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moset%C3%A9n_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosetén language">Mosetén</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movima_language" title="Movima language">Movima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacawara_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacawara language">Pacawara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puquina_language" title="Puquina language">Puquina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quechua_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Quechua language">Quechua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirion%C3%B3_language" title="Sirionó language">Sirionó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacana_language" title="Tacana language">Tacana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapiet%C3%A9_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Tapieté language">Tapieté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toromona_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Toromona language">Toromona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uru-Chipaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Uru-Chipaya">Uru-Chipaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weenhayek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Weenhayek language">Weenhayek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaminawa_language" title="Yaminawa language">Yaminawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuki_language_(Bolivia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuki language (Bolivia)">Yuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuracar%C3%A9_language" title="Yuracaré language">Yuracaré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zamuco_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Zamuco language">Zamuco</a></li></ul> <p>In 2019, the Bolivian government and the Plurinational Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures (Ipelec) announced plans to extend constitutional recognition to three additional indigenous languages.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joaquiniano" class="mw-redirect" title="Joaquiniano">Joaquiniano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunza_language" title="Kunza language">Kumsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paunaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Paunaka">Paunaka</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Bolivia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Language</th> <th>Number of speakers</th> <th>Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td>Quechua</td> <td>2,281,198</td> <td>25.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aymara</td> <td>1,525,321</td> <td>16.77% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Guaraní</td> <td>62,575</td> <td>0.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other native</td> <td>49,432</td> <td>0.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>All native</b></td> <td>3,918,526</td> <td>43.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Only native</td> <td>960,491</td> <td>10.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Native and Spanish</td> <td>2,739,407</td> <td>30.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Only Spanish</td> <td>4,082,219</td> <td>44.89% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Spanish</b></td> <td>6,821,626</td> <td>75.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Foreign</td> <td>250,754</td> <td>2.76% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Spanish or foreign</td> <td>4,115,751</td> <td>45.25% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Official_status">Official status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Bolivia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Official status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bolivian government and the departmental governments are required to use at least two languages in their operation, one being Spanish, and the other being selected according to the circumstances and the needs of the territory in question. These requirements appear in Article 234 of the 2009 Constitution and the General Law of Linguistic Rights and Policies (Law 269 of August 2, 2012); the law provided a three-year deadline to government functionaries, although there was no immediate punishment for officials who failed to comply.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Departmental and municipal autonomous governments are required to use the languages of their territory, always including Spanish.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the National Education Reform of 1994, all thirty indigenous languages were introduced alongside Spanish in the country's schools.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, many schools did not implement the reforms, especially urban schools.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Bolivia's national anthem has been translated into six indigenous languages: Aymara, Bésiro-Chiquitano, Guaraní, Guarayu, Quechua, and Mojeño-Trinitario.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bolivia has 12 million inhabitants. Only 5 languages of Bolivia are spoken by more than 30,000 people: Spanish monolingual (5 million speakers), Kichwa (2.4 million speakers), Aymara (1.5 million), Low German (Plattdeutsch) (100,000 speakers) and Guaraní (33,000 speakers). Of these all are official except Plattdeutsch. There are 8 official languages spoken by between 1,000 and 8,000 people each. So of the 37 languages declared official by the constitution of 2009, 23 are spoken by fewer than 1,000 people and 2 are extinct (puquina and machajuyai-kallawaya). <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Languages_without_official_status">Languages without official status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Bolivia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Languages without official status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Standard_German" title="Standard German">Standard German</a> is spoken by 160,000 of whom about 70,000 are <a href="/wiki/Mennonites_in_Bolivia" title="Mennonites in Bolivia">Mennonites</a> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Department_(Bolivia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)">Santa Cruz Department</a>. These Mennonites speak <a href="/wiki/Plautdietsch" title="Plautdietsch">Plautdietsch</a>, a <a href="/wiki/German_dialects" title="German dialects">German dialect</a>, as everyday language but use Standard German for reading and writing and as formal language e.g. in church.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Portuguese is also spoken near Bolivia's border with Brazil and around 0.2% of Bolivia speaks it as their mother tongue.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Bolivia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Bolivia" title="Indigenous peoples in Bolivia">Indigenous peoples in Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_Spanish" title="Bolivian Spanish">Spanish language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Quechua" title="Southern Quechua">Quechua language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aymara_language" title="Aymara language">Aymara language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guarani_language" title="Guarani language">Guarani language</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Languages_of_Bolivia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bolivia.justia.com/nacionales/nueva-constitucion-politica-del-estado/primera-parte/titulo-i/capitulo-primero/">Political Constitution of the State - 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title="Maxakalían languages">Maxakalian</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jaik%C3%B3_language" title="Jaikó language">Jaikó</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ofay%C3%A9_language" title="Ofayé language">Ofayé</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rikbaktsa_language" title="Rikbaktsa language">Rikbaktsá</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chiquitano_language" title="Chiquitano language">Chiquitano</a></i></li> <li>? <i><a href="/wiki/Guat%C3%B3_language" title="Guató language">Guató</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern Brazil</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kariri_languages" title="Kariri languages">Karirian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purian_languages" title="Purian languages">Purían</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taruma_language" title="Taruma language">Taruma</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gamela_language" title="Gamela language">Gamela</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baenan_language" title="Baenan language">Baenan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Katembri_language" title="Katembri language">Katembri</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nat%C3%BA_language" title="Natú language">Natú</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pankarar%C3%BA_language" title="Pankararú language">Pankararú</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tarairi%C3%BA_language" title="Tarairiú language">Tarairiú</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tux%C3%A1_language" title="Tuxá language">Tuxá</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Huamo%C3%A9_language" title="Huamoé language">Wamoé</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Xoc%C3%B3_language" title="Xocó language">Xokó</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Xukuruan_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Xukuruan languages">Xukurú</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fulni%C3%B4_language" title="Fulniô language">Yaté</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oti_language" title="Oti language">Otí</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Linguistic_areas_of_the_Americas#Orinoco–Amazon" title="Linguistic areas of the Americas">Orinoco</a> (<a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Venezuela" title="Languages of Venezuela">Venezuela</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yanomaman_languages" title="Yanomaman languages">Yanomaman</a></li> <li>? <a href="/wiki/Arutani%E2%80%93Sape_languages" title="Arutani–Sape languages">Arutani–Sape</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Arutani_language" title="Arutani language">Arutani</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sap%C3%A9_language" title="Sapé language">Sapé</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maku_language_of_Auari" title="Maku language of Auari">Máku</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warao_language" title="Warao language">Warao</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guamo_language" title="Guamo language">Guamo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otom%C3%A1koan_languages" title="Otomákoan languages">Otomacoan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yaruro_language" title="Yaruro language">Yaruro</a></i></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="?_Duho" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">? <a href="/wiki/Duho_languages" title="Duho languages">Duho</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1liban_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Sáliban languages">Sáliban</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Betoi_language" title="Betoi language">Betoi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hod%C3%AF_language" title="Hodï language">Hodï</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticuna%E2%80%93Yuri_languages" title="Ticuna–Yuri languages">Ticuna–Yuri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Andes (<a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Colombia" title="Languages of Colombia">Colombia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Venezuela" title="Languages of Venezuela">Venezuela</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cof%C3%A1n_language" title="Cofán language">Cofán</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cams%C3%A1_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Camsá language">Camsá</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Andaqui_language" title="Andaqui language">Andaquí</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paezan_languages" title="Paezan languages">Paezan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiniguan_languages" title="Tiniguan languages">Tiniguan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timotean_languages" title="Timotean languages">Timotean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jirajaran_languages" title="Jirajaran languages">Jirajaran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Amazonian_languages" title="Amazonian languages">Amazon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Colombia" title="Languages of Colombia">Colombia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japur%C3%A1_River" title="Japurá River">Japurá</a>–<a href="/wiki/Vaup%C3%A9s_River" title="Vaupés River">Vaupés</a> area)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Tucanoan_languages" title="Tucanoan languages">Tucanoan</a></b></li> <li>? <a href="/wiki/Bora%E2%80%93Witoto_languages" title="Bora–Witoto languages">Bora–Witoto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boran_languages" title="Boran languages">Boran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witotoan_languages" title="Witotoan languages">Witotoan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andoque%E2%80%93Urequena_languages" title="Andoque–Urequena languages">Andoque–Urequena</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guajiboan_languages" title="Guajiboan languages">Guajiboan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadahup_languages" title="Nadahup languages">Nadahup</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Puinave_language" title="Puinave language">Puinave</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pacific coast (<a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Colombia" title="Languages of Colombia">Colombia</a> and Ecuador)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chibchan_languages" title="Chibchan languages">Chibchan</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choco_languages" title="Choco languages">Chocoan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbacoan_languages" title="Barbacoan languages">Barbacoan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yurumangu%C3%AD_language" title="Yurumanguí language">Yurumanguí</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Esmeralda_language" title="Esmeralda language">Esmeralda</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pacific coast (<a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Peru" title="Languages of Peru">Peru</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sechura%E2%80%93Catacao_languages" title="Sechura–Catacao languages">Sechura–Catacao</a></li> <li>? <a href="/wiki/Chimuan_languages" title="Chimuan languages">Chimuan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C3%B1ari%E2%80%93Puruh%C3%A1_languages" title="Cañari–Puruhá languages">Cañari–Puruhá</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mochica_language" title="Mochica language">Mochica</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Amazonian_languages" title="Amazonian languages">Amazon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Peru" title="Languages of Peru">Peru</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Pano-Tacanan_languages" title="Pano-Tacanan languages">Pano–Tacanan</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hibito%E2%80%93Cholon_languages" title="Hibito–Cholon languages">Hibito–Cholon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cahuapanan_languages" title="Cahuapanan languages">Cahuapanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicham_languages" title="Chicham languages">Jivaroan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Candoshi-Shapra_language" title="Candoshi-Shapra language">Candoshi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Omurano_language" title="Omurano language">Omurano</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Munichi_language" title="Munichi language">Munichi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Waorani_language" title="Waorani language">Waorani</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taushiro_language" title="Taushiro language">Taushiro</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Urarina_language" title="Urarina language">Urarina</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tequiraca_language" title="Tequiraca language">Tequiraca</a></i></li> <li>? <a href="/wiki/Saparo%E2%80%93Yawan_languages" title="Saparo–Yawan languages">Saparo–Yawan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peba%E2%80%93Yaguan_languages" title="Peba–Yaguan languages">Peba–Yagua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaparoan_languages" title="Zaparoan languages">Zaparoan</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Amazonian_languages" title="Amazonian languages">Amazon</a> (west-central Brazil)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>? <a href="/wiki/Har%C3%A1kmbut%E2%80%93Katukinan_languages" title="Harákmbut–Katukinan languages">Arawan–Harákmbut–Katukinan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arawan_languages" title="Arawan languages">Arawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Har%C3%A1kmbut_language" title="Harákmbut language">Harákmbut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katukinan_languages" title="Katukinan languages">Katukinan</a></li></ul></li> <li>? Mura–Matanawí <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mura_language" title="Mura language">Muran</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Matanawi_language" title="Matanawi language">Matanawí</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trumai_language" title="Trumai language">Trumai</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mamor%C3%A9%E2%80%93Guapor%C3%A9_linguistic_area" title="Mamoré–Guaporé linguistic area">Mamoré–Guaporé</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chapacuran_languages" title="Chapacuran languages">Chapacuran</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mure_language" title="Mure language">Mure</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nambikwaran_languages" title="Nambikwaran languages">Nambikwaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bororoan_languages" title="Bororoan languages">Bororoan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cayubaba_language" title="Cayubaba language">Cayubaba</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Itonama_language" title="Itonama language">Itonama</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Movima_language" title="Movima language">Movima</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Canichana_language" title="Canichana language">Canichana</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chimane_language" title="Chimane language">Mosetenan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yuracar%C3%A9_language" title="Yuracaré language">Yuracaré</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leco_language" title="Leco language">Leco</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aikan%C3%A3_language" title="Aikanã language">Aikanã</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kano%C3%AA_language" title="Kanoê language">Kanoê</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kwaza_language" title="Kwaza language">Kwazá</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Irantxe_language" title="Irantxe language">Irantxe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mato_Grosso_Ar%C3%A1ra_language" title="Mato Grosso Arára language">Arara</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Andes (<a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Peru" title="Languages of Peru">Peru</a>, Bolivia, and Chile)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Culle_language" title="Culle language">Culle</a></i></li> <li>? <a href="/wiki/Quechumaran_languages" title="Quechumaran languages">Quechumaran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quechuan_languages" title="Quechuan languages">Quechuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aymaran_languages" title="Aymaran languages">Aymaran</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Puquina_language" title="Puquina language">Puquina</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uru%E2%80%93Chipaya_languages" title="Uru–Chipaya languages">Uru–Chipaya</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kunza_language" title="Kunza language">Kunza</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mapuche_language" title="Mapuche language">Mapudungun</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chaco_linguistic_area" title="Chaco linguistic area">Chaco</a>–Pampas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>? <a href="/wiki/Mataco%E2%80%93Guaicuru_languages" title="Mataco–Guaicuru languages">Mataco–Guaicuru</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matacoan_languages" title="Matacoan languages">Matacoan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guaicuruan_languages" title="Guaicuruan languages">Guaicuruan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guachi_language" title="Guachi language">Guachí</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Payagua_language" title="Payagua language">Payaguá</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mascoian_languages" title="Mascoian languages">Mascoyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zamucoan_languages" title="Zamucoan languages">Zamucoan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charruan_languages" title="Charruan languages">Charruan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huarpean_languages" title="Huarpean languages">Huarpean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lule%E2%80%93Vilela_languages" title="Lule–Vilela languages">Lule–Vilelan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chonan_languages" title="Chonan languages">Chonan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Far South (<a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Chile" title="Languages of Chile">Chile</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alacalufan_languages" title="Alacalufan languages">Qawasqaran</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yahgan_language" title="Yahgan language">Yaghan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chono_language" title="Chono language">Chono</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proposed groupings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duho_languages" title="Duho languages">Duho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macro-Andean_languages" title="Macro-Andean languages">Macro-Andean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macro-Arawakan_languages" title="Macro-Arawakan languages">Macro-Arawakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macro-Chibchan_languages" title="Macro-Chibchan languages">Macro-Chibchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macro-Jibaro_languages" title="Macro-Jibaro languages">Macro-Jibaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macro-Otom%C3%A1koan_languages" title="Macro-Otomákoan languages">Macro-Otomákoan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macro-Paesan_languages" title="Macro-Paesan languages">Macro-Paesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macro-Panoan_languages" title="Macro-Panoan languages">Macro-Panoan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macro-Puinavean_languages" title="Macro-Puinavean languages">Macro-Puinavean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macro-Warpean_languages" title="Macro-Warpean languages">Macro-Warpean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arutani%E2%80%93Sape_languages" title="Arutani–Sape languages">Arutani–Sape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bora%E2%80%93Witoto_languages" title="Bora–Witoto languages">Bora–Witoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esmeralda%E2%80%93Yaruroan_languages" title="Esmeralda–Yaruroan languages">Esmeralda–Yaruroan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hibito%E2%80%93Cholon_languages" title="Hibito–Cholon languages">Hibito–Cholon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Je%E2%80%93Tupi%E2%80%93Carib_languages" title="Je–Tupi–Carib languages">Je–Tupi–Carib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katembri%E2%80%93Taruma_languages" title="Katembri–Taruma languages">Katembri–Taruma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mataco%E2%80%93Guaicuru_languages" title="Mataco–Guaicuru languages">Mataco–Guaicuru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya%E2%80%93Yunga%E2%80%93Chipayan_languages" title="Maya–Yunga–Chipayan 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