Can you name the official languages of South America?

Language	Official in
	Bolivia
	Suriname
	Guyana
	France (French Guiana)
	Paraguay
	Brazil
	Bolivia, Peru

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

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Languages of South America Quiz

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Created by: Jam1 -
Contributed: November 5th, 2009
Published: July 19th, 2010
Category: Language
Plays: 92,795

Tags: America Quizzes, South America Quizzes, south, Editor Pick, official

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	hibernia:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 17:52 GMT	24 points
	I have to learn how to spell portugeese, portugese, I mean portuguese

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	y2jdilemma:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 17:58 GMT	66 points
	Read the game note on the front page, so what do I try first? Chinese, of course. Tell me not try it, will ya, Sporcle...

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	LlamaDuckKing:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 18:18 GMT	9 points
	I feel so stupid now that I know I've been mispelling Portuguese all this time. I kind of panicked near the end, so for some reason, I thought it was a good idea to enter Indonesian (which I'm pretty sure isn't a language), Arabic, Japanese, and, of course, Chinese.

	HiddenPalace:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 18:26 GMT	0 points
	Guarani I did know, but couldn't spell. Aymara I truly had no knowledge of. I'm guessing that Paraguayan would not be a suitable thing to accept for Guarani?

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	transitfan:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 18:32 GMT	55 points
	So...not to be mean but...who missed Spanish?

	Cryptus:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 18:32 GMT	28 points
	Weird how being told not to do something is more likely to make you do it...

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	GeoExpert:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 18:55 GMT	7 points
	Look what happens when you type in Chinese.

	mirror_noir:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 19:03 GMT	17 points
	I tried Japanese because there are quite a few Japanese in Peru, but alas. I'm so proud of getting QUECHUA!

	Beefy:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 19:04 GMT	8 points
	They forgot Porteno.

	tvfan2:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 19:10 GMT	5 points
	The native ones killed me. All I could think of for native languages was Nahuatl.

	BonnieH:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 19:10 GMT	10 points
	LOL at the bonus answer! I only got four but I'm not sure how I was supposed to know 3 of the remaining 4.

	tvfan2:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 19:11 GMT	19 points
	@facecloth. It's "official languages." I'm sure they speak everything somewhere in latin america but they're not official languages

	QuintFan:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 19:21 GMT	7 points
	Wow, I'm a Spanish teacher and professional linguist, and I even knew Quechua and Tupi-Guarani, but I've never heard of Aymara. Google, here I come! Good quiz.

	fifteenkeys:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 19:22 GMT	7 points
	I got Guarani from look up Paraguay during the world cup and Quechua thanks to Civ IV. Unfortunately watching sports and playing computer games didn't help with Aymara, though maybe once Civ V comes out?

	Brendever:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 19:46 GMT	1 point
	Got all of them but Quechua and Aymara, had no idea tbh

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	robinguy19:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 20:08 GMT	4 points
	its no surprise what the 3 most missed are

	HiddenPalace:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 20:13 GMT	-3 points
	What tvfan said.

	Jam1:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 20:17 GMT	16 points
	Thanks for publishing my quiz sporcle!

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	Bob91351:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 20:55 GMT	5 points
	@Klaus - Anyone who knows that Suriname used to be called Dutch Guiana would have know to try Dutch (of course, just knowing about Aruba being Dutch might have warranted a guess...

	sivi125:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 21:05 GMT	-4 points
	MovieDynamic, it seems you just try to say the exact thing on every quiz that gets you voted down as much as possible. Has anyone else noticed this? Why is that? On topic, I got the five most guessed languages. Honestly, I just guessed common european languages until I ran out of time, because besides Spanish and Portuguese, I really had no idea :D

	Harriet123P:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 21:06 GMT	13 points
	Dear God, I got every single one, including the native languages and managed to miss ENGLISH. I seriously need help.

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	LukeyP:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 21:24 GMT	0 points
	how about the Jê languages?

	sconeyj:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 21:40 GMT	6 points
	I still don't like that France is a South American country. I think it's just jealousy more than anything. Damn Britain and it's failed Empire. I want to be on two continents.

	Slave2theGrind:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 21:45 GMT	6 points
	So... who else typed in Chinese after they told us not to?

	Accism:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 21:53 GMT	-4 points
	Nice quiz, I got them all right : ) One correction though, Guaraní is usually spelled "Guaraní", with an í on the end.