| Country |
Languages
(Official in Bold) |
Ethnicity
& Race |
|
Argentina |
Spanish, English, Italian, German, French |
European [mostly of Spanish & Italian descent]
(97%); Other [mostly Indian or Mestizo] (3%) |
|
Bolivia |
Spanish, Quechua, Aymara |
Quechua (30%); Aymara (25%); Mestizo [mixed European &
Indian ancestry] (30%); European (15%) |
|
Brazil |
Portuguese |
White [incl Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish]
(55%); Mixed White & African (38%); African (6%); Other [incl
Japanese, Arab, Amerindian] (1%) |
|
Chile |
Spanish |
European & European-Indian (95%); Indian (3%); Other (2%) |
|
Colombia |
Spanish |
Mestizo (58%); White (20%), Mulatto (14%); Black (4%); Mixed
Black-Indian (3%); Indian (1%) |
|
Ecuador |
Spanish, Quechua |
Mestizo [mixed Indian & Spanish] (65%); Indian
(25%); Spanish (7%); Black (3%) |
|
Falklands Islands |
English [British dependent territory] |
N/A |
|
French Guiana |
French [French overseas department] |
N/A |
|
Galapagos Islands |
Spanish, English widely spoken [offshore
territory of Ecuador] |
N/A |
|
Guyana |
English, Amerindian dialects |
East Indian (50%); Black (36%); Amerindian (7%); European,
Chinese & mixed (7%) |
|
Paraguay |
Spanish, Guaran |
Mestizo [mixed Spanish & Indian] (95%); Whites
& Amerindians (5%) |
|
Peru |
Spanish & Quchua, Aymara, & other
native languages |
Indian (45%); Mestizo [mixed Indian & European
ancestry] (37%); White (15%); Black, Japanese, Chinese &
Other (3%) |
|
Suriname |
Dutch, Surinamese [lingua franca], English
widely spoken |
East Indians [Hindustanis - ancestors emigrated from
northern India in the latter part of the 19th century]
(37%); Creole [mixed European & African ancestry]
(31%); Javanese (15%); "Bush Negroes," [Maroons -
ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th & 18th
centuries as slaves] (10%); Amerindian (2%); Chinese (2%);
Europeans (1%); Other (2%) |
|
Uruguay |
Spanish |
White (88%); Mestizo (8%); Black (4%) |
|
Venezuela |
Spanish, various indigenous languages in the remote
interior |
Mestizo (67%); White (21%); Black (10%); Amerindian (2%) |
