Editing South America (section)

===Language===
{{Main|Languages of South America}}
[[File:Languages of South America (en).svg|thumb|Official languages in South America]]

Spanish and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] are the most spoken languages in South America, with approximately 200 million speakers each. Spanish is the official language of most countries, along with other native languages in some countries. Portuguese is the official language of Brazil. [[Dutch language|Dutch]] is the official language of [[Suriname]]; English is the official language of [[Guyana]], although there are at least twelve other languages spoken in the country, including [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], Chinese, [[Caribbean Hindustani|Hindustani]] and several native languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studycountry.com/guide/GY-language.htm|title=The Languages spoken in Guyana|website=Studylands|access-date=12 April 2016|archive-date=11 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511235912/http://www.studycountry.com/guide/GY-language.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> English is also spoken in the [[Falkland Islands]]. French is the official language of [[French Guiana]] and the second language in [[Amapá]], Brazil.

[[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Indigenous languages]] of South America include [[Quechua languages|Quechua]] in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and Colombia; [[Wayuunaiki]] in northern Colombia ([[La Guajira]]) and northwestern Venezuela ([[Zulia]]); [[Guarani language|Guaraní]] in Paraguay and, to a much lesser extent, in Bolivia; [[Aymara language|Aymara]] in Bolivia, Peru, and less often in Chile; and [[Mapudungun]] is spoken in certain pockets of southern Chile. At least three South American indigenous languages (Quechua, Aymara, and Guarani) are recognized along with Spanish as national languages.

Other languages found in South America include [[Sranan Tongo]], [[Caribbean Hindustani|Hindustani]] and [[Javanese language|Javanese]] in Suriname; Italian in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela; and German in certain pockets of Argentina, Chile and Brazil. German is also spoken in many regions of the southern states of Brazil, [[Riograndenser Hunsrückisch]] being the most widely spoken German dialect in the country; among other Germanic dialects, a Brazilian form of [[East Pomeranian]] is also well represented and is experiencing a revival. [[Welsh language|Welsh]] remains spoken and written in the historic towns of [[Trelew]] and [[Rawson, Chubut|Rawson]] in the Argentine [[Patagonia]], [[Croatian language|Croatian]] is spoken in southern Chile, Arabic speakers, often of [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]], [[Syrian]], or [[Palestinian]] descent, can be found in Arab communities in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and in Paraguay.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1017/S0022216X13001156|title=On the Trail and Trial of a Palestinian Diaspora: Mapping South America in the Arab–Israeli Conflict, 1967–1972|journal=Journal of Latin American Studies|volume=45|issue=4|year=2013|pages=751–777|author=Karam, John Tofik|s2cid=145423526}}</ref>