Indigenous Languages
Latin AmericaCulturalLanguages native to a region and spoken by indigenous people. Often, indigenous languages are minority languages.
natureIndigenous language map of Latin America: Nawan (yellow), Mixtec (green), Zapotec (pink), Mayan (light pink) in Mexico; Garifuna, Miskitu (purple) in Central America; Quechua (yellow), Aymara (blue), Guarani (orange), Mapuche (green) in South America
Aymara | Embera | Garifuna | Guaraní | Quechua | Guna | Mapuche | Mayan | Miskitu | Mixtec | Nawan/Spanish | Pemon | Zapotec | Wahiro | Yamomani | Tropical Forests | Boreal forests/taiga | Deserts and xeric shrublands | Flooded grasslands and savannas | Mangroves | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub | Montane grasslands and shrublands | Rock and ice | Tundra | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests | Temperate coniferous forests | Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands | Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests | Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands | Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests | Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests | |
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| 2.10% | 7.43% | 100% | 63.1% | 21.0% | 4.15% | 41.7% | 93.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26.8% | 3.27% | 4.97% | 9.44% | 12.9% | 43.9% | 40.8% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 60.4% | 7.22% | 5.20% | 2.81% | 40.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11.1% | 2.53% | 23.5% | 1.31% | 22.5% | 4.06% | 28.6% | 6.61% | 12.9% | 15.0% | 15.4% | 14.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 53.6% | 37.2% | 28.5% | 8.24% | 2.02% | 6.81% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.39% | 58.4% | 48.6% | 9.84% | 33.0% | 56.8% | 9.77% | 30.1% | 9.84% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7.27% | 3.59% | 4.50% | 4.49% | 6.57% | 11.0% | 16.9% | 33.8% | 11.9% | 7.66% | 1.19% | 1.80% | 43.5% | 8.84% | 1.87% | 2.31% | 18.4% | 11.4% | 2.67% | 13.1% | 48.0% | 30.2% | 26.1% | 5.47% | 49.3% | |||||||
| 26.1% | 100% | 64.0% | 81.6% | 18.4% | 100% | 35.5% | 18.8% | 87.1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.04% | 1.23% | 1.62% | 2.03% | 33.1% | 28.5% | 18.2% | 1.13% | 1.00% | 3.15% | 29.7% | 11.0% | 9.56% | 12.6% | 22.5% | 19.0% | 13.5% | |||||||||||||||
| 3.09% | 35.9% | 10.5% | 5.61% | 1.60% | 3.77% | 4.09% | 1.63% | 31.0% | 36.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 36.2% | 2.21% | 1.32% | 1.73% | 2.47% | 15.8% | 83.7% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 82.0% | 6.93% | 20.0% | 6.94% | 26.5% | 6.01% | 9.99% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23.8% | 34.7% | 6.20% | 2.51% | 8.09% | 14.4% | 60.5% | 14.1% | 28.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||