1. Language and Ethnicities in Spanish
Speaking Areas Around the World

2. Language and Ethnicities in Spanish Speaking
Countries Around the World
Continent Country Languages Spoken Ethnic groups
Europe Spain Official-Spanish 74% Composite of
Catalan-17% Mediterranean and
Galician-7% Nordic types
Central America Belize Spanish-43% Mestizo-30%
Creole-37% Creole-25%
Mayan Spanish-15.6%
dialects, English Maya-10.6%
Central America Costa Rica Spanish (official), White including
English mestizo-94%

3. Language and Ethnicities in Spanish
Speaking Countries Around the World
Continent Country Languages Spoken Ethnic Groups
Central America El Salvador Spanish Mestizo-90%,
White-9%
Central America Guatemala Spanish-70%, Mestizo and
Amerindian European-59.4%,
languages-30% Maya
indigenous-40%
Central America Honduras Spanish, Amerindian Mestizo-90%,
dialects Amerindian-9%

4. Language and Ethnicities in Spanish
Speaking Countries Around the World
Continent Country Languages Spoken Ethnic Groups
Central America Nicaragua Spanish-97.5%, Mestizo-69%
Miskito-1.7% White-17%
Black-9%
Central America Panama Official- Spanish Mestizo-90%
English-14% Amerindian-14%
Most Panamanians White-10%
bilingual
South America Argentina Official-Spanish White (mostly
Also Italian, English, Spanish and Italian)-
German, French 97%

5. Language and Ethnicities in Spanish
Speaking Countries Around the World
Continent Country Languages Spoken Ethnic Groups
South America Bolivia Spanish-60.7% Quechua-30%
Quechua-21.2% Mestizo-30%
White-20%
South America Chile Official-Spanish White and White-
German, English Amerindian-95.4%
Mapuche-4%
South America Columbia Official-Spanish Mestizo-58%
White-20%
Black-10%

6. Language and Ethnicities in Spanish
Speaking Countries Around the World
Continent Country Languages Spoken Ethnic Groups
South America Ecuador Official-Spanish Mestizo-65%
Amerindian Amerindian-25%
languages, Spanish-5%
especially Quechua
South America Paraguay Official- Spanish, Mestizo-95%
Guarani Other-5%
South America Peru Spanish, Quechua, Amerindian-45%
other Amazonian Mestizo-37%
Languages White-15%

7. Language and Ethnicities in Spanish
Speaking Countries Around the World
Continent Country Languages Spoken Ethnic Groups
South America Uruguay Spanish, Brazilero- White-88%
Portugese mixed Mestizo-8%
with Spanish Black-4%
South America Venezuela Official-Spanish, Mestizo
numerous White
indigenous dialects Amerindian
Caribbean Islands Cuba Official-Spanish White-65.1%,
Mulatto and
Mestizo-24.8%
Black-10.1%
Caribbean Islands Dominican Republic Official-Spanish Mixed-73%
White-16%
Black-11%

8. Language and Ethnicities in Spanish
Speaking Countries Around the World
Continent Country Languages Spoken Ethnic Group
Caribbean Islands Puerto Rico Spanish, English White-80.5%
(U.S. Territory) Black-8%
Other-6.7%
North America Mexico Spanish-92.7% Mestizo-60%
indigenous Amerindian-25%
languages (Mayan, White-14%
Nahuatl)-6%
North America United States English-82.1% White-79.96%
**Spanish-10.7% Hispaic-15.1%
Other-8% Black-12.85%
Asian-4.43%

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