In addition to Spanish, the following living languages are registered in Argentina with local growth:
Other European languages –English sign in
Gaiman, Chubut •
Italian is spoken by more than 1.5 million people in Argentina; it is the second most spoken native language in the nation.
Italian immigration, which effectively began in the middle of the 19th century and reached its peak in the first two decades of the 20th century, made a lasting and significant impact on the pronunciation and vernacular of Argentina's variety of Spanish, giving it an Italian flair. In fact, Italian dialects (not Standard Italian) have contributed so much to Rioplatense that many foreigners mistake it for Italian. •
Portuñol is spoken in areas that border Brazil. It is a pidgin of Spanish and Portuguese. •
German conserved by the descendants of the immigrants coming directly from Germany as well as other German-speaking countries such as Switzerland and Austria. Descendants of
Volga Germans of the
Volga River in Russia, speak German especially in the
Santa Fe and
Entre Ríos provinces, part of
La Pampa, and various sectors of the
Buenos Aires Province. •
Lunfardo, a dialect that originated in
Buenos Aires, is strongly influenced by immigrant languages; primarily by dialects from different Italian regions, but also from
Portuguese,
Galician,
French,
English, and
Yiddish. They provided numerous lexical and syntactic elements to the Argentine language, as well as the typical pronunciation of
Rioplatense Spanish. Lunfardo has exercised a strong influence on the informal speech throughout the country, especially through its use in
tango lyrics and Porteño poetry. •
Welsh spoken in
Patagonia: Indo-European language of the Brittonic
Celtic languages group, spoken as a
second language by descendants of Welsh immigrants from the second half of the 19th century) in
Chubut Province. An estimation in 2017 indicates that the number of speakers was no greater than 5,000. •
Plautdietch or low German, spoken by
Mennonite colonies disseminated especially in the
La Pampa Province, although it is also spoken in small communities in other provinces. •
English is the native language of the population of the
Falkland Islands. The islands are
Disputed territory between Argentina and the
United Kingdom. • See also:
Belgranodeutsch,
Paraná-Wolga-Deutsch, and
Argentinien-schwyzertütsch dialect.
Sign language Argentine Sign Language is understood by around two million deaf people of Argentina, their instructors, descendants, and others. There are different regional variants.
Quechuan languages Southern Quechua comes from the family of
Quechuan languages. There are seven variations present that are marked by their geographical origin, including: •
South Bolivian Quechua is spoken by inhabitants of
Puna and their descendants. This same variety is spoken in all of
Jujuy,
Salta, and
Tucumán; after Spanish it is the second most widespread language of the country and the most important Indigenous language of the
Americas. In 2004, there were speakers. •
Santiagueño Quechua: which is different from
Bolivian Quechua, though it has an 81 percent lexical similarity, is spoken by 100,000 people, according to data from Censabella (1999), even though other estimations raise the figure to 140,000 or 160,000 speakers in the
Santiago del Estero Province, southeast of the
Salta Province and Buenos Aires. A department for its study and conservation exists in the
National University of Santiago del Estero. The smallest calculation of talks about a minimum of 60,000 speakers in 2000. Its speakers are currently composed of a Creoyle population that does not self-recognize as indigenous (even though it admits an indigenous past).
Tupi-Guarani languages In the provinces of
Corrientes,
Misiones,
Chaco,
Formosa,
Entre Ríos, and
Buenos Aires dialects of Argentine Guarani are spoken or known by nearly one million people, including Paraguayan immigrants that speak
Paraguayan Guarani or
Jopara. •
Eastern Bolivian Guarani is also from the Tupi-Guarani family, subgroup I. Some 15,000 speakers in the provinces of Salta and Formosa. • or Argentine Guarani pertains to the Tupi-Guarani family. It is spoken (together with Spanish) by nearly 70 percent of the population with an origin from the Corrientes Province (around 350,000 speakers). The Correntino government decreed in 2004 the co-officiality of the Guarani language and its obligatory use in teaching and government, even though it still has not been regulated. •
Kaiwá, called pai tavyterá in Paraguay, is from the Tupi-Guarani family, subgroup I. It is spoken by no more than 510 people in Misiones Province. •
Tapieté from the Tupi-Guarani family, subgroup I, is spoken by some 100 speakers of a village near
Tartagal, Salta. • Missionary Guarani Jesuit was an old variety of Guarani spoken by Jesuit Missionaries became extinct around 1800.
Mapuche The
Mapuche language is an isolated language that had approximately speakers in the provinces of
Neuquén,
Río Negro,
Chubut, and
Santa Cruz in 2004, with an ethnic population of people.
Aymara Central Aymara is a language of the
Aymaran group, spoken by inhabitants of
Jujuy, of the North of Salta, besides the immigrants of Puna and of
Peru.
Mataco-Guaicuru languages From the Mataco or Mataguyao group: •
Iyojwa'ja Chorote, Choroti, Yofuaha or Eklenjuy is from the
Mataco-Guaicuru family and is a distinct language from Chorote Iyo'wujwa. It was spoken in 2007 by some 800 people in the Salta Province. • Chorote iyo'wujwa, Ch'orti', Manjuy, Majui is from the Mataco-Guaicuru family. There were some 1,500 speakers accounted for in 2007, 50 percent of which were monolingual. •
Nivaclé is from the Mataco-Guaicuru family, It has about 200 speakers in the Northeast of the Formosa Province. The term
chulupí and similar terms are pejoratives and are like the word
guaycurú (that in Guarani means something like 'barbarians') which comes from the Guarani invaders. •
Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay is from the Mataco-Guaicuru family and is spoken by some people in the
Pilcomayo River area, Formosa. The term
mataco used to name the languages and towns of the
Wichí people is a pejorative Its main area of influence, in general, is found at the west of the area of the
Toba people, along the superior course of the Pilcomayo River. It is unintelligible with other languages of
Gran Chaco, and is also spoken in Bolivia. From the Guaicuru group: •
Mocoví is from the Mataco-Guaicuru family. In 2012, there were some speakers in Formosa, in the south of Chaco and the Northeast of the Santa Fe Province. •
Pilagá is from the Mataco-Guaicuru family and is spoken by some 2,000 to 5,000 people in the basins of the Pilcomayo and Bermejo rivers, providences Formosa and Chaco. In 2004, it was spoken by 4,000 people. •
Qom is also from the Mataco-Guaicuru family. Spoken in the year 2006 by 40,000 to 60,000 people in the East of Formosa and Chaco. In 2000 it was spoken by 21,410 indigenous people (19,800 in Argentina). ==Extinct languages==