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Official languages of Peru are <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Peru," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru#:~:text=Peru's%20official%20languages, accessed 15 May 2023.</ref> <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Peru," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Peru, accessed 15 May 2023.</ref> | Official languages of Peru are <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Peru," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru#:~:text=Peru's%20official%20languages, accessed 15 May 2023.</ref> <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Peru," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Peru, accessed 15 May 2023.</ref> | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_Spanish '''Spanish'''] - or '''Peruvian Spanish'''. Spoken natively by 82.6% of the population. Used by the government, media, education systems, and commerce. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_Spanish '''Spanish'''] - or '''Peruvian Spanish'''. Spoken natively by 82.6% of the population. Used by the government, media, education systems, and commerce. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quechuan_languages '''Quechuan'''] - spoken by 13.9% of the population. Spoken by Amerindians. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quechuan_languages '''Quechuan'''] - spoken by 13.9% of the population. Spoken by Amerindians living in the Andean highlands. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aymaran_languages '''Aymara'''] - spoken by 1.7% of the population. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aymaran_languages '''Aymara'''] - spoken by 1.7% of the population. | ||
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* '''Andean-Coastal Spanish''' | * '''Andean-Coastal Spanish''' | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonic_Spanish '''Amazonic Spanish'''] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonic_Spanish '''Amazonic Spanish'''] | ||
Some of the indigenous languages spoken in Peru include | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash%C3%A1ninka_language '''Asháninka'''] | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_language '''Bora'''] | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguaruna_language '''Aguaruna'''] | |||
Spanish is more predominant along the coast of Peru. The indigenous populations living east of the Andes speak various languages and dialects (estimated at 50). | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Peru#:~:text=Indigenous%20languages%20of%20Peru '''Indigenous languages of Peru'''] | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||