Venezuela Languages

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Description

Spanish - only spoken by most in the country. Also known as Castilian. [1] [2]

The Spanish Constitution recognizes other languages as official for indigenous peoples.

Languages spoken by immigrants include

  • English - most widely spoken foreign language. Spoken by professionals, academics, upper and middle class
  • Chinese
  • Portuguese - spoken by the population living close to the Brazil border.
  • Italian
  • Arabic
  • German
  • Languages spoken by immigrants in Venezuela

Word List(s)

Chinese Genealogical Word List Portuguese Genealogical Word List Italian Genealogical Word List Arabic Genealogical Word List German Genealogical Word List

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Alphabet

Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Dictionaries

  • Gooch, Anthony and Angel García de Paredes. Cassell's Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary. Macmillan, London, New York: Cassell, 1978. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Jarman, Beatriz Galimberti, Roy Russell, Carol Styles Carvajal, and Nicholas Rollin. BOOKTITLE. Oxford University Press Inc.: The Oxford Spanish dictionary : Spanish-English, English-Spanish, 2008. Available at: WorldCat.

Online Dictionaries

Language Aids

  • García, Teresa Alvarez and Susie Beattie. Collins Spanish dictionary & grammar. Glasgow, Scotland: Collins, 2018. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Wayuu Language - Wikipedia
  • Warao language - Wikipedia

Additional Resources

  • Orozco, Sebastián de Covarrubias. Treasure of the Castilian or Spanish language. New York: New Directions Books, 2019. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Straka, Tomás, Guillermo Guzmán Mirabal, and Alejandro E. Cáceres. Historical dictionary of Venezuela. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. Available at: WorldCat.

References

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Venezuela," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela#:~:text=most%20residents%20are%20monolingual, accessed 15 May 2023.
  2. Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Venezuela," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Venezuela, accessed 15 May 2023.