Languages of Bolivia

Languages of Bolivia
Languages of Bolivia
	Sign in Okinawa Uno (a colonia in Bolivia),; in Spanish and Okinawan
Official	36 languages Aymara, Araona, Baure, Bésiro, Canichana, Cavineño, Cayubaba, Chácobo, Chimán, Ese Ejja, Guaraní, Guarasu'we, Guarayu, Itonama, Leco, Machajuyai-Kallawaya, Machineri, Maropa, Mojeño-Ignaciano, Mojeño-Trinitario, Moré, Mosetén, Movima, Pacawara, Puquina, Quechua, Sirionó, Spanish, Tacana, Tapieté, Toromona, Uru-Chipaya, Weenhayek, Yaminawa, Yuki, Yuracaré, Zamuco;
Main	Spanish
Indigenous	Arawakan languages, Pano-Tacanan languages, Quechuan languages, Tupian languages, others
Vernacular	Bolivian Spanish, Portuñol
Minority	Standard German, Plautdietsch
Foreign	English
Signed	Bolivian Sign Language
Keyboard layout	Spanish Latinamerican QWERTY;

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); and languages of immigrants such as Plautdietsch. 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, and Guaraní is spoken in the southeast on the border with Paraguay.

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