Most people don’t think of South America as exhibiting much linguistic diversity. Most countries in Latin America speak Spanish, after...

Brazil is one of the biggest countries in the world, in terms of both land area and population. But the lands that make up the Brazil we...

There are a lot of languages in Colombia. Some people may be surprised to hear this, as Colombia is generally seen as a solely...

It’s no secret that Argentina is a Spanish-speaking country. Almost all of the South American country’s 46 million people speak Spanish,...

You might think that Spanish and Portuguese dominate Latin America linguistically, and if you’re only talking about the number of...

Today, Mexico stands as the single largest Spanish-speaking country in the world, but Spanish is a new addition to the culturally diverse...

South America is bigger than you probably think. The land is spread out across 12 countries (13 if you count France, with its overseas...

Did you know that only 82% of the Peruvian population speaks Spanish as a native language? Although Spanish is Peru’s only fully official...

We all know Mexico is a Spanish-speaking country—in fact, it’s the biggest Spanish-speaking country in the world. But that doesn’t mean...

Mexico is the biggest Spanish-speaking country in the world—and yet, at the same time, it’s also one of the most linguistically diverse...

When European colonists arrived at the shores of South America, the continent changed forever. Already home to hundreds, if not...

Today, most people in Brazil speak Portuguese as their first language. But it wasn’t always like that. For most of the history of human...

You might know that Portuguese is the dominant language of Brazil, with Brazil accounting for the overwhelming majority of Portuguese...

More than 1.5 million people in Brazil identified as indigenous in the South American country’s 2022 census, spanning more than 274...

Brazil boasts the largest population in South America by far, with its massive population accounting for the vast majority of worldwide...

Peru is known worldwide as a Spanish-speaking nation, and indeed, Spanish constitutes the dominant language in the country, learned by...

Languages don’t develop in a vacuum—just like the people who speak them, they’re living things that evolve over time, splitting into...

The Amazon rainforest is known for its incredible diversity, with a plethora of flora and fauna calling the dense jungle home. But the...

Today, Brazilian society is linguistically dominated by Portuguese, with Brazil constituting the largest Portuguese-speaking country in...

Today, across the Americas, most people speak a European language as their native tongue—generally English, French, Spanish, or...