544: Dominant Language of South America Jun 4, 2016

What is the dominant language of South America‽ If one were to measure that in the number of countries with a common official language, the dominant language would be Spanish, as there are 9 in South America, and also 3 in the Caribbean, and 6 in Central America. If one were to measure by number of speakers, the dominant language of South America would be Portuguese, as Brazil has a higher number of people speaking its native language than the total of the countries on rest of that continent. There are also English, Dutch, and French-speaking countries, along with large populations of those speaking Amerind languages, but not enough to make any a dominant language of the continent.