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Languages of Ecuador
Sign in Samborondón in Spanish, English and Kichwa
Official
Spanish; Spanish, Kichwa and Shuar for intercultural relations; Remaining indigenous languages are official where they are spoken[1]
Ecuadorian Spanish, Media Lengua, Andean Spanish, Equatorial Spanish
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English
Signed
Ecuadorian Sign Language
Keyboard layout
Spanish Latinamerican QWERTY
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Spanish is the official and most commonly spoken language in Ecuador. Northern Quechua and other pre-colonial American languages were spoken by 2,300,000 in the past (Adelaar 1991). Ethnologue lists 24 languages of Ecuador:[2]
Achuar–Shiwiar
Awa–Cuaiquer
Cha'palaachi
Cofán
Colorado
Ecuadorian Sign Language
Emberá languages
Media Lengua
9 varieties of Quechua
Secoya
Shuar
Spanish
Siona
Tetete
Waorani
Záparo
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