Editing Colombia (section)

===Languages===
{{Main|Languages of Colombia}}
{{See also|Colombian Spanish}}
Around 99.2% of Colombians speak Spanish, also called Castilian; 65 [[Amerindian language]]s, two [[Creole languages]], the [[Romani language]] and [[Colombian Sign Language]] are also used in the country. [[English language|English]] has official status in the [[archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina]].<ref name="LEY47DE1993" /><ref name="lenguas indígenas">{{cite web|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/antropologia/lengua/clas2.htm|title=Languages of Colombia|publisher=banrepcultural.org|language=es|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929200029/http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/antropologia/lengua/clas2.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Languages of Colombia">{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-co.org/Jon-Landaburu-Especialista-de-las|title=Jon Landaburu, Especialista de las lenguas de Colombia|publisher=ambafrance-co.org|language=es|access-date=9 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216191247/http://www.ambafrance-co.org/Jon-Landaburu-Especialista-de-las|archive-date=16 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="MapofthelanguagesofColombia">{{cite web|url=http://www.lenguasdecolombia.gov.co/mapalenguas/inicio.swf|title=Map of the languages of Colombia|publisher=lenguasdecolombia.gov.co|language=es|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010222341/http://www.lenguasdecolombia.gov.co/mapalenguas/inicio.swf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Including Spanish, a total of 101 languages are listed for Colombia in the [[Ethnologue]] database. The specific number of spoken languages varies slightly since some authors consider as different languages what others consider to be varieties or dialects of the same language. Best estimates recorded 71 languages that are spoken in-country today&nbsp;– most of which belong to the [[Chibchan languages|Chibchan]], [[Tucanoan languages|Tucanoan]], [[Bora–Witoto languages|Bora–Witoto]], [[Guajiboan languages|Guajiboan]], [[Arawakan languages|Arawakan]], [[Cariban languages|Cariban]], [[Barbacoan languages|Barbacoan]], and [[Piaroa–Saliban languages|Saliban]] language families. There are currently more than 850,000 speakers of native languages.<ref name="ethnologue">{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/CO|title=The Languages of Colombia|work=Ethnologue (Free All) |publisher=Ethnologue.com|access-date=16 May 2010|archive-date=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307132656/http://www.ethnologue.com/country/CO|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nativelanguages">{{cite web|url=http://www.lenguasdecolombia.gov.co/content/ley-de-lenguas-nativas |title=Native languages of Colombia |publisher=lenguasdecolombia.gov.co |language=es |access-date=25 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326080213/https://www.lenguasdecolombia.gov.co/content/ley-de-lenguas-nativas |archive-date=26 March 2014}}</ref>