| Demographic Table for Latin American and Caribbean LCTLs | ||||||||||||
| Name of Language | Country | Mother Tongue (L1) Speakers | Most Recent Year of Cited Data | All Language Speakers in Region | Current Usage & Socio-cultural Importance | |||||||
| Aymara, Central | Bolivia | 1.8M | 1987 | |||||||||
| Peru | 350,000 | 1987 | ||||||||||
| CakchIquel, Central | Guatemala | 132,000 | 1990 | |||||||||
| CakchIquel, Eastern | Guatemala | 100,000 | 1998 | |||||||||
| CakchIquel--all others | Guatemala | 204,000 | 1982-98 | |||||||||
| Caribbean Hindustani | Suriname | 150,000 | 1986 | |||||||||
| Dutch | Neth. Antilles | no estimate | national | |||||||||
| Suriname | 200,000 | 1997 | national | |||||||||
| Garifuna | Guatemala | 16,700 | 1997 | 190,000 | ||||||||
| Honduras | 98,000 | 1993 | ||||||||||
| Guarani, Paraguayan | Paraguay | 4.65M | 1995 | official | ||||||||
| Kanjobal, Eastern & Western forms | Guatemala | 126,200 | 1998 | |||||||||
| Kekchi | Guatemala | 400,000 | 1998 | 421,300 | ||||||||
| Lenca | El Salvador | 37,000 | ||||||||||
| Lucumi | Cuba | no estimate | ||||||||||
| Mam, Central | Guatemala | 100,000 | 1992 | |||||||||
| Mam, Northern | Guatemala | 180-200,000 | 1998 | |||||||||
| Mam, Southern | Guatemala | 125,000 | 1991 | |||||||||
| Mam--all others | Guatemala | 85,000 | 1991, 92, 98 | |||||||||
| Mapudungan | Chile | 400,000 | 1982 | 440,000 | ||||||||
| Maya, Chan Sta Cruz | Mexico | 40,000 | 1990 | |||||||||
| Maya, Yucatan | Mexico | 700,000 | 1990 | |||||||||
| Mazahua, Central | Mexico | 350,000 | 1993 | |||||||||
| Mazateco--all forms | Mexico | 169,000 | 1993 | |||||||||
| Miskito | Honduras | 29,000 | 1993 | 183,400 | ||||||||
| Nicaragua | 154,400 | 1993 | ||||||||||
| Mixé--all forms | Mexico | 90,000 | 1993 | |||||||||
| Mixteco--all forms | Mexico | 335,000 | ||||||||||
| Nahuatl, Guerrero | Mexico | 150-200,000 | 1998 | |||||||||
| Nahuatl, Huasteco Este | Mexico | 410,000 | 1991 | |||||||||
| Nahuatl, Huasteco Oeste | Mexico | 400,000 | 1991 | |||||||||
| Nahuatl, Orizaba | Mexico | 120,000 | 1991 | |||||||||
| Nahuatl, Puebla Sureste | Mexico | 130,000 | 1991 | |||||||||
| Nahuatl, Puebla Sierra | Mexico | 125,000 | 1983 | |||||||||
| Nahuatl--all others | Mexico | 195,000 | ||||||||||
| Ngabere | Panama | 128,000 | 1990 | 133,000 | ||||||||
| Otomi--all forms | Mexico | 223,000 | ||||||||||
| Purepecha | Mexico | 120,000 | 1990 | |||||||||
| Paez | Columbia | 119,000 | 1998 | |||||||||
| Papiamento | Aruba | 70,000 | 1999 | |||||||||
| Neth. Antilles | 179,000 | 1998 | ||||||||||
| Portuguese | Brazil | 158M | ||||||||||
| Quechua, S. Bolivian | Argentina | 850,000 | ||||||||||
| Quechua , N. Conchucos Ancash | Peru | 200,000 | 1994 | |||||||||
| Quechua, S. Conchucos Ancash | Peru | 250,000 | 1994 | |||||||||
| Quecha, Huaylas Ancash | Peru | 300-350,000 | 1998 | |||||||||
| Quechua, Ayucucho | Peru | 1M | 1976 | |||||||||
| Quechua, Cuzco | Peru | 1.5M | 1989 | |||||||||
| Quechua, Margos-Yarowilca-Lauricocha | Peru | 120,000 | 1998 | |||||||||
| Quechua, San Rafael Huariaca | Peru | 90,000 | 1998 | |||||||||
| Quechua, Huyalla Wanca | Peru | 300,000 | 1998 | |||||||||
| Sranan | 120,000 L1 400,000 L2 | 1993 | ||||||||||
| Quechua--all others | Peru | 290,000 | 1993, 1998 | |||||||||
| Quichua--all forms | Peru | 12,000 | 1998 | |||||||||
| Quiché, Central | Guatemala | 216,900 | 1990 | |||||||||
| Quiché, Eastern Chichicastenango | Guatemala | 100,000 | 1991 | |||||||||
| Quiché--All others | Guatemala | 80,000 | 1991, 92, 94 | |||||||||
| Quichua, Highland Cañar | Ecuador | 100,000 | 1991 | |||||||||
| Quichua, Highland Chimborazo | Ecuador | 1M | 1990 | |||||||||
| Quichua, Highland Imbabura | Ecuador | 300,000 | 1977 | |||||||||
| Totonaca, Sierra | Mexico | 120,000 | 1982 | |||||||||
| Totonaca--all others | Mexico | |||||||||||
| Tzeltal, Bachajon | Mexico | 100,000 | 1993 | |||||||||
| Tzeltal, Oxchoc | Mexico | 200,000 | 1993 | |||||||||
| Tzotzil, Chamula | Mexico | 130,000 | 1990 | |||||||||
| Tzotzil--all others | Mexico | 95,000 | 1990 | |||||||||
| Wayuu | Columbia | 135,000 | 1995 | |||||||||
| Venezuela | 170,000 | 1995 | 135,000 | |||||||||
| Zapoteco--all forms | Mexico | 326,000 | 1982, 83, 90 | |||||||||