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  • Spanish is the most commonly spoken language. Out of the 13 countries in South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela), 9 speak Spanish. Of course they have other native languages and dialects but Spanish is the official and most used language. The 4 non-spanish speaking countries are: Brasil (Portuguese), French Guyana (French), Suriname (Dutch) and Guyana (English), but these last three territories have a very small population. Is good to know too, that Central America is also Spanish-dominated in language terms. Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, El Salvador, Republica Dominicana and Guatemala are spanish-speakers. Only Belize, Bermuda and the Caribbean Islands speak other languages (most of then French and English). If you consider that Mexico (that is considered now North America) speaks Spanish, and almost 20% of the US residents are hispanics, and their number in Canada (which is half English, half French) is increasing dramatically, you can see that Spanish is by far the most spoken language in all the Americas.
  • Portuguese as almost 52% of South American population is brazilian!
  • Spanish is the most spoken language in South America. Studies show that Brazil has small percentages of spanish speakers, and it's becoming dominant in Brazil. 53% of the South American population speak Spanish or some dialect of Spanish origin.
  • No one in Brazil speaks Spanish unless they are immigrants from other countries... I don't know where on earth you got that one.
  • Ignacio Lula has approve Spanish to be tough in primary schools. It's a great opportunity for Brazilians to intergrade with the Iberian American Community. Spanish it's prefer by most South American countries and by the South American common market(Mercosur):)Cheers!!
  • Well most people in South America prefer Spanish over Portuguese. It's not really politics but rather preference and most of my Brazilians friends here tell me that they have a easer time learning and understanding Spanish than understanding those people from Portugal. Spanish speaking countries are not interested in learning Portuguese at all, because Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world that comes right after English. Thus, I don't think politics are going change anytime soon and Brazil needs to intergrade to become part of Mercosur and I don't they willing to give that up. :)
  • You sound like Dan Quayle...
  • There is a reason why people voted for my statement. You should know that Ignacio Lula mandated Brazilian's schools to TEACH Spanish, "NOT OPTIONAL BUT AS A LAW(demanded)". So this is not as how you put it, "if they want to learn", but rather "they must and they WILL". Just because you are ONE out of a million that don't want to get with the system doesn't mean that things will change. So get with the system.PERIOD...:)
  • Portuguese is spoken in Brazil. Most of the rest of SA speaks Spanish. Except Dutch in Surinam and French in French Guinea, English in Guyana.
  • If Brazil is doing fine in "Mercosur" as you stated, then why Lula mandated students to learn Spanish in their schools in the first place.....?
  • If Brazil would just be doing fine in "Mercosur" as you stated, then why Lula mandated students to learn Spanish in their schools in the first place.....?
  • Correction the new census (2008) says that there are 189,987,291 people in BRAZIL AND AS FAR AS SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION GOES THERE ARE 220,459,014 PEOPLE IN SOUTH AMERICA,...so you need to get your facts right before commenting. THUS, THERE ARE A LOT MORE SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE IN SOUTH AMERICA THAN PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS...:) Therefore, the most WIDELY spoken language in South America IS SPANISH..
  • Correction the new census (2008) says that there are 189,987,291 people in BRAZIL AND AS FAR AS SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION GOES THERE ARE 220,459,014 PEOPLE IN SOUTH AMERICA,...so you need to get your facts right before commenting. THUS, THERE ARE A LOT MORE SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE IN SOUTH AMERICA THAN PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS...:) Therefore, the most WIDELY spoken language in South America IS SPANISH..
  • Correction the new census (2008) says that there are 189,987,291 people in BRAZIL AND AS FAR AS SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION GOES THERE ARE 220,459,014 PEOPLE IN SOUTH AMERICA,...so you need to get your facts right before commenting. THUS, THERE ARE A LOT MORE SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE IN SOUTH AMERICA THAN PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS...:) Therefore, the most WIDELY spoken language in South America IS SPANISH..

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