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Re: No Kings parade celebrated - people reject authoritarian Trump
by
paxmao
on 04/07/2025, 14:29:30 UTC
It is interesting how people think that Latin American original languages were replaced by Spanish. Even a simple AI search would yield an interesting result: there are millions of people speaking native tonges in Latin America.

Yes, a few million people out of 700 million would be around five to ten percent.  There are less than seven hundred of 1,500 native languages left.  Sad

(I am claiming 1,500 original languages, you are claiming 600 - it's our AI choice that is disagreeing - not us.)

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✅ Summary
Language   Region   Status   Time of Extinction
Cuitlatec   Mexico   Extinct   1960s
Otí   Brazil   Extinct   Early 1900s
Puri   Brazil   Extinct   Late 1800s
Kawishana   Amazon (Brz)   Effectively Extinct   ~2012 (1 speaker left)
Xocó   Brazil   Extinct   Late 20th century
Yagán (Yamana)   Chile, Argentina   Extinct   2022 (last speaker died)
Selk’nam   Chile, Argentina   Extinct   Mid–20th century

These are just a representative sample—fully listing all extinct indigenous languages would require an extensive catalog, but thousands have indeed vanished over the centuries due to colonization, assimilation, disease, and cultural suppression.

Well, even Latin is extinc you know? I am not denying that there is a huge linguistic pressure on languages - just like there is a huge linguistic pressure of English in the francophone area of Canada or English replaced Spanish as official in Philipines...

That is part of social dinamics, but if you thin that 700 is a small number, I disagree. BTW, Spanish speaking Latin America is around 490 and 10% is very significant.

Just to compare, how many speakers of Navajo or Arapahoe are currently alive?