Editing Ecuador (section)

===Language===
{{main|Languages of Ecuador }}
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|title=Languages in Ecuador<ref name="CIAPAPUANEWGUINEA">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/papua-new-guinea/|title= Central America and Caribbean :: PAPUA NEW GUINEA|publisher= CIA The World Factbook|access-date= 9 August 2016|df= mdy-all|archive-date= 12 April 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210412232302/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/papua-new-guinea|url-status= live}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Spanish language|Spanish]]|Blue| 93}}
{{bar percent|[[Quechuan languages|Kichwa]] |Orange|4.1}}
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{{bar percent|Other Indigenous |Red|0.7}}
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Spanish is the official language in Ecuador. It is spoken as a first (93%) or second language (6%) by the vast majority of its population. In 1991 Northern [[Kichwa]] (Quechua) and other pre-colonial American languages were spoken by 2,500,000. Ethnologues estimate that the country has about 24 living indigenous languages. Among the 24 are [[Awa Pit language|Awapit]] (spoken by the Awá), [[A'ingae]] (spoken by the Cofan), [[Shuar language|Shuar Chicham]] (spoken by the Shuar), [[Achuar-Shiwiar]] (spoken by the Achuar and the Shiwiar), [[Cha'palaachi]] (spoken by the Chachi), [[Tsafiki language|Tsa'fiki]] (spoken by the Tsáchila), [[Pai Coca language|Paicoca]] (spoken by the Siona and Secoya), and [[Waorani language|Wao Tededeo]] (spoken by the Waorani). Use of these Amerindian languages is gradually diminishing and being replaced by Spanish.

Most Ecuadorians speak Spanish as their first language, with its ubiquity permeating and dominating most of the country. Despite its small size, the country has a marked diversity in Spanish accents that vary widely among regions. [[Ecuadorian Spanish]] idiosyncrasies reflect the ethnic and racial populations that originated and settled the distinct areas of the country.

The three main regional variants are:
* [[Equatorial Pacific Spanish or Equatorial Coastal Spanish]]
* [[Andean Spanish]]
* [[Amazonic Spanish]]