Venezuela 

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Description[edit | edit source]

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)[edit | edit source]

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Alphabet

Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

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. The Oxford Spanish dictionary : Spanish-English, English-Spanish. New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 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[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  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.