Languages of Ecuador

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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]
Main	Spanish
Indigenous	Achuar–Shiwiar, Awa–Cuaiquer, Cha'palaachi, Cofán, Colorado, Emberá languages, Quechua languages, Secoya, Shuar, Siona, Tetete, Waorani, Záparo
Vernacular	Ecuadorian Spanish, Media Lengua, Andean Spanish, Equatorial Spanish
Foreign	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