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Chile
Summary
Chile is a country in the Americas that is home to 19,678,000 people. It is also home to 9 living indigenous languages. It was also home to 1 indigeneous language that is now extinct. In addition, 3 living non-indigenous languages are established within the country. One of these, Spanish, is the official language of the country.
At a Glance
Languages
Families
Language isolate (3) Mapudungu (2) Austronesian (1) Aymaran (1) Kaweskaran (1) Quechuan (1) Sign language (1)
Language Policy Conventions
Chile has adopted the following international conventions which speak to indigenous language rights.