Spanish is the official and most commonly spoken language in
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
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Northern Quechua and other pre-colonial
American languages are spoken by 2,300,000 (Adelaar 1991). Ethnologue lists 24 languages of Ecuador:
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Achuar–Shiwiar
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Awa–Cuaiquer
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Cha'palaachi
Cha'palaa (also known as Chachi or Cayapa) is a Barbacoan language spoken in northern Ecuador by ca. 3000 ethnic Chachi people.
"Cha'palaa" means "language of the Chachi people." This language was described in part by the missionary P. Alberto V ...
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Cofán
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
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Ecuadorian Sign Language
Ecuadorian Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Ecuador.
Classification
Clarkhttp://ling.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/Clark_Brenda-Dissertation-Draft.pdf notes that Peruvian
Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There ...
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Emberá languages
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Media Lengua
Media Lengua, also known as ''Chaupi-lengua'', ''Chaupi-Quichua'', , or , is typically a derogatory term used by Kichwa-speakers to describe their language. However, it also appears to describe Media Lengua in the Imbabura Communities. It is ...
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Quechua
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Secoya
The Secoya (also known as Angotero, Encabellado, Huajoya, Piojé, Siekopai) are an indigenous peoples living in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon. They speak the Secoya language Pai Coca, which is part of the Western Tucanoan language group. In ...
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Shuar
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Spanish
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Siona
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Tetete
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Waorani
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Záparo
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Languages Of Ecuador