Languages of Bolivia

Languages of Bolivia
Sign in Okinawa Uno (a colonia in Bolivia),
in Spanish and Okinawan
Official
MainSpanish
IndigenousArawakan languages, Pano-Tacanan languages, Quechuan languages, Tupian languages, others
VernacularBolivian Spanish, Portuñol
MinorityStandard German, Plautdietsch
ForeignEnglish
SignedBolivian Sign Language
Keyboard layout

The languages of Bolivia include Spanish; several dozen indigenous languages, most prominently Aymara, Quechua, Chiquitano, and Guaraní; Bolivian Sign Language (closely related to American Sign Language). Indigenous languages and Spanish are official languages of the state according to the 2009 Constitution. The constitution says that all indigenous languages are official, listing 36 specific languages, of which some are extinct. Spanish and Quechua are spoken primarily in the Andes region, Aymara is mainly spoken in the Altiplano around Lake Titicaca, Chiquitano is spoken in the central part of Santa Cruz department, and Guarani is spoken in the southeast on the border with Paraguay and Argentina.