Flashcards: Languages of Argentina

Toba Qom is a Guaicuruan language spoken in South America by the Toba people.

Ligurian (lìgure or lengoa lìgûre) is a Gallo-Romance language spoken in Liguria in Northern Italy, parts of the Mediterranean coastal zone of France, Monaco and in the villages of Carloforte and Calasetta in Sardinia.

Mapudungun (from mapu 'earth, land' and dungun 'speak, speech') is a language isolate spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people (from mapu 'earth' and che 'people').

Puelche is an extinct language formerly spoken by the Puelche people in the Pampas region of Argentina.

Yagán (originally Yahgan, but also now spelled Yaghan, Jagan, Iakan), also known as Yámana and Háusi Kúta, is one of the indigenous languages of Tierra del Fuego, spoken by the Yagán people.

Tehuelche (Aoniken, Inaquen, Gunua-Kena, Gununa-Kena) is one of the Chonan languages of Patagonia.

Argentine Sign Language is used in Argentina.

Saraveca is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken in Bolivia by the Sarave.

Vilela (Uakambalelté, Atalalá, Chulupí~Chunupí) is an extinct language last spoken in the Resistencia area of Argentina and in the eastern Chaco near the Paraguayan border.

Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay or Wiznay is a Wichí language.

Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz is a Mataco-Guaicuru language of Argentina and Bolivia.

South Bolivian Quechua, also known as Central Bolivian Quechua, is a dialect of Southern Quechua spoken in Bolivia and adjacent areas of Argentina, where it is also known as Colla.

Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish/idish, literally "Jewish"; [ˈjɪdɪʃ] or [ˈɪdɪʃ] in older sources ייִדיש-טײַטש "Yiddish-Taitsh" (English: Judaeo-German)) is the historical language of the Ashkenazi Jews.

Iyo'wujwa (Chorote) is a Matacoan language spoken by about 2,000 people, mostly in Argentina where it is spoken by about 1,500 people; 50% of whom are monolingual.

The Mocoví language is a Guaicuruan language of Argentina spoken by about 3,000 people, mostly in Santa Fe province.

Nivaclé is a Matacoan language spoken in Paraguay and by a couple hundred in Argentina.

Pilagá is a language spoken by 4,000 people in the Bermejo and Pilcomayo River valleys, western Formosa Province, in northeastern Argentina.

Wichí Lhamtés Nocten, or Weenhayek, is a Wichí language primarily spoken in Bolivia, where an estimated 1,810 Wichí people spoke it in 1994.

Eklenhui (Iyojwa'ja Chorote) is a language spoken in northeast Salta province in Argentina by 800.

Southern Quechua (Spanish: quechua sureño), or simply Quechua, is the most widely spoken of the major regional groupings of mutually intelligible dialects within the Quechua language family, with about 6.

Kaiwá is a Guarani language spoken by about 18,000 Kaiwá people in Brazil in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and 510 people in northeastern Argentina.

Mbyá Guaraní is a Tupi–Guaraní language spoken 6,000 Brazilians, 3,000 Argentines, and 8,000 Paraguayans.

Ona (Aona), also known as Selk'nam (Shelknam), is a language that is spoken by the Selk'nam people in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego in southernmost South America.

The Chonan languages were spoken in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia.

Cacán (also Cacan, Kakán, Calchaquí, Chaka, Diaguita, and Kaka) is an extinct language that was spoken by the Diaguita and Calchaquí tribes in northern Argentina and Chile.

Chiripá Guarani (Tsiripá, Txiripá), also known as Ava Guarani and Nhandéva (Ñandeva), is a Guaraní language spoken in Paraguay, Brazil, and also Argentina.

Eastern Bolivian Guaraní, known locally as Chawuncu or Chiriguano (pejorative), is a Guaraní language spoken in South America.

Patagonian Welsh (Cymraeg y Wladfa) is the dialect of Welsh which is spoken in the region of the Argentine Patagonia in South America.

Rioplatense Spanish (Spanish: español rioplatense, locally castellano rioplatense) is a dialect of the Spanish language spoken mainly in the areas in and around the Río de la Plata Basin of Argentina and Uruguay.

Chané is an extinct language of Argentina and Bolivia.

Guachí (Wachí) is an extinct, apparently Guaicuruan language of Argentina.

Payaguá (Payawá) is an extinct language of Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivia, spoken by the Payaguá Indians.

The Abipón language was a native American language of the Guaicuruan group of the Guaycurú-Charruan family that was at one time spoken in Argentina by the Abipón people.

The Teushen language is an indigenous language of Argentina, which may be extinct.

The Het were the people of the northern Patagonian pampas west of the Paraná River: The Chechehet, the Diuihet AKA Didiuhet, and the Taluhet.

Millcayac (Milykayak) was one of two known Warpean languages.

Balomar is an undescribed, extinct language, formerly spoken in the Province of Entre Ríos, Argentina.

Humahuaca (Omaguaca) is an extinct and unclassified language of Argentina (Campbell & Grondona 2012).

Sanavirón is an extinct and unclassified language once spoken near Córdoba, Argentina.

Allentiac (Alyentiyak), also known as Huarpe (Warpe), was one of two known Warpean languages.