Editing Peru (section)

===Language===
{{main|Languages of Peru}}
[[File:Last look arounjd Lima (8444763943).jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Casa de Osambela]], headquarters of the [[Academia Peruana de la Lengua]] (APL) in [[Lima]]]]
According to the Peruvian Constitution of 1993, Peru's official languages are [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and, in areas where they predominate, [[Quechuan languages|Quechua]] and other Indigenous languages. Spanish is spoken natively by 82.6% of the population, and coexists with several native languages, of which the most important is the [[Quechuan languages]], spoken by 16.92% of the population, 1.7% [[Aymara language|Aymara]] and 0.8% speaking another native language. In the urban areas of the country, especially in the coastal region, monolingualism of Spanish predominates; while in many rural areas of the country, particularly in the Amazon, multilingual populations dominate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico |url=https://www.inei.gob.pe/media/MenuRecursivo/publicaciones_digitales/Est/Lib1539/libro.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211135110/https://www.inei.gob.pe/media/MenuRecursivo/publicaciones_digitales/Est/Lib1539/libro.pdf |archive-date=11 February 2020 |access-date=27 September 2018 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática |page=198}}</ref>

Spanish language is used by the government and is the mainstream language of the country, which is used by the media and in educational systems and commerce. Amerindians who live in the Andean highlands speak Quechua and Aymara and are ethnically distinct from the diverse Indigenous groups who live on the eastern side of the Andes and in the tropical lowlands adjacent to the [[Amazon basin]].<ref name="Loaiza-2016" />

Peru's distinct geographical regions are mirrored in a language divide between the coast where Spanish is more predominant over the Amerindian languages, and the more diverse traditional Andean cultures of the mountains and highlands. The Indigenous populations east of the Andes speak various languages and dialects. Some of these groups still adhere to traditional Indigenous languages, while others have been almost completely assimilated into the Spanish language. There has been an increasing and organized effort to teach Quechua in public schools in the areas where Quechua is spoken. In the Peruvian Amazon, numerous Indigenous languages are spoken, including [[Asháninka language|Asháninka]], [[Bora language|Bora]], and [[Aguaruna language|Aguaruna]].<ref name="Loaiza-2016" />