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Peru is a multilingual nation. Its Official Language s are Spanish and, in the zones where they are predominant, Quechua , Aymara , and other aboriginal languages. (Political Constitution, art. 48) The most common languages are Spanish and, to a lesser extent, Quechua and Aymara. ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES The aboriginal languages of Peru are spoken mainly in the central Andes and in the Amazon Forests . A considerable number of the languages of the northern Andes are spoken on the northern coast and in the northern Andes, but have disappeared from the country. The only aboriginal Andes languages in actual use are Quechua , Aymara , Jaqaru , and Kawki ; while the Amazonian region is home to a great variety of languages, the most commonly spoken ones are Ashaninka and Aguaruna . There are currently 14 defined linguistic families in the Peruvian territory, in addition to many more isolated and unclassified languages. It is known that the number of languages that could be used in Pero easily surpasses 300; some observers speak of 700. Without doubt, from the time of conquest, through epidemics and periods of forced work (in addition to the influence of the Spanish Language ), in reality fewer than 150 can be counted. The following is a list of languages spoken today, and some that went extinct in the Twentieth Century or that are going extinct. Families & isolates
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