Beni Department - Languages

Languages

The dominant language in the department is Spanish. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognized group of speakers.

Language Department Bolivia
Quechua 8,643 2,281,198
Aymara 7,910 1,525,321
Guaraní 396 62,575
Another native 16,695 49,432
Spanish 331,547 6,821,626
Foreign 6,512 250,754
Only native 7,854 960,491
Native and Spanish 24,171 2,739,407
Spanish and foreign 307,680 4,115,751

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