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1 (National)
English
[eng]
1 (National). Statutory national working language (1993, Official Languages Act No. 1, Article 1). 100,000 in Puerto Rico (Crystal 2003).
Spanish
[spa]
1 (National). Statutory national language (1993, Official Languages Act No. 1, Article 1). 3,900,000 in Puerto Rico (2011).
6b (Threatened)
Puerto Rican Sign Language
[psl]
6b (Threatened). Ethnic population: 8,000 to 40,000 deaf persons (Van Cleve 1986).
8b (Reintroduced)
Taino
[tnq]
8b (Reintroduced). No known L1 speakers.