OLPC Argentina/Languages

Although Argentina, as part of spanish america is usually basically considered as a spanish-speaking country, other languages are also spoken and used by descendants of the native inhabitants (Guaraní, Quechua & Mapudungun) or immigrants (Arabic, German & Italian).

Main Languages

Language / Family	ISO 639-1 / -2 / -3 (SIL)	Writing system	Notes
Arabic wikipedia	ar / ara / ara, — / / apc (North Levantine Arabic), — / / ajp (South Levantine Arabic)	Arabic alphabet	~1,000,000 speakers
German, Standard wikipedia	de / ger-deu / deu	Latin alphabet —German variant	~400,000 - 1,000,000 speakers
Guaraní wikipedia	gn / grn / grn (Generic), — / / nhd (Chiripá), — / / gui (Eastern Bolivian Guaraní), — / / gun (Mbyá Guaraní), — / / gug (Paraguayan Guaraní), — / / gnw (Western Bolivian Guaraní)	Latin alphabet —Guaraní variant	~220,000 speakers Official in Corrientes
Italian wikipedia	it / ita / ita	Latin alphabet —Italian variant	~1,500,000 speakers
Mapudungun wikipedia	none / arn / arn	Latin alphabet —none official	~100,000 speakers
Quechua wikipedia	qu / que / que, — / / quh (Quechua, South Bolivian), — / / qus (Quichua, Santiago del Estero)	Latin alphabet	~900,000 speakers
Spanish wikipedia	es / spa / spa	Latin alphabet —Spanish variant	~40,000,000 inhabitants Official Nationwide
Yiddish wikipedia	yi / yid / yid, — / / ydd (Eastern Yiddish), — / / yih (Western Yiddish)	Hebrew based alphabet	~200,000 speakers

All languages

KEY	# of Speakers
Few Speakers		< 100	< 1,000	< 10,000
Several Speakers		< 50,000	< 100,000	< 200,000
Many Speakers		< 500,000	< 1,000,000	< 2,000,000

By Speakers

Code	Language	Ethnologue / Wikipedia	Classification
[spa]	Spanish Note: Official Nationwide	(E 1995) 33,000,000 / (W 2006) 40,000,000	Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian
[aed]	Argentine Sign Language	< 2,000,000	Deaf sign language
[ita]	Italian	1,500,000	Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian
[apc]?	North Levantine Arabic	1,000,000	Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
[deu]	German, Standard	E 400,000 / W 1,000,000	Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German
[quh]	Quechua, South Bolivian	850,000	Quechuan, Quechua II, C
[gug]	Guaraní, Paraguayan Note: Official Corrientes	200,000	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I
[ydd]?	Yiddish	W 200,000	Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, Yiddish
[arn]	Mapudungun (Mapuche)	100,000	Araucanian
[qus]	Quichua, Santiago del Estero	60,000	Quechuan, Quechua II, C
[jpn]	Japanese	E 32,000	Japanese
[cym]	Welsh	25,000	Indo-European, Celtic, Insular, Brythonic
[wlv]	Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz	25,000	Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
[tob]	Toba	19,810	Mataco-Guaicuru, Guaicuruan
[gui]	Guaraní, Western Argentine	15,000	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I
[mzh]	Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay	15,000	Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
[slv]	Slovenian	E 10,000	Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western
[moc]	Mocoví	4,525	Mataco-Guaicuru, Guaicuruan
[gun]	Guaraní, Mbyá	3,000	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I
[plg]	Pilagá	2,000	Mataco-Guaicuru, Guaicuruan
[crq]	Chorote, Iyo'wujwa	1,500	Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
[crt]	Chorote, Iyojwa'ja	E 800	Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
[kgk]	Kaiwá	512	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I
[cag]	Nivaclé	200	Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
[pdt]	Plautdietsch	140	Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon
[tpj]	Tapieté	100	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Guarani I
[mtp]	Wichí Lhamtés Nocten	100	Mataco-Guaicuru, Mataco
[vil]	Vilela	20	Lule-Vilela
[pue]	Puelche	5 - 6	Language Isolate
[teh]	Tehuelche	4	Chon
[ona]	Ona (Selknam)	1-3	Chon
[ayr]	Aymara, Central	#NA	Aymaran
[nhd]	Chiripá	#NA	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I

OTHERS by Ethnologue

Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Eastern Yiddish, Lithuanian, South Levantine Spoken ArabicTuroyo, Ukrainian, and Vlax-Romani are referenced but no number is given.

OTHERS by Wikipedia

Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Turoyo, Ukrainian, and Vlax-Romani are all reportedly spoken, but the number of speakers are not known.
Many Aymará speakers have migrated to Argentina ... more than 2.2 million speakers globally, many are in Argentina.
There are Mandarin-, Cantonese-, Japanese-, Korean-, and Russian-speaking immigrant communities.

By Classification

Indo-European,	Italic, Romance, Italo-Western,	Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian (41,500,000)		[spa] Spanish	40,000,000
		Italo-Dalmatian		[ita] Italian	1,500,000
	Celtic, Insular, Brythonic			[cym] Welsh	25,000
	Germanic, West,	High German,	German, Middle German, East Middle German	[deu] German, Standard	1,000,000
			Yiddish	[ydd] Yiddish	200,000
		Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon		[pdt] Plautdietsch	140
	Slavic, South, Western			[slv] Slovenian	10,000
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic				[apc] North Levantine Arabic	1,000,000
Japanese				[jpn] Japanese	32,000
Deaf sign language				[aed] Argentine Sign Language	<2,000,000
Language Isolate				[pue] Puelche	5 - 6
Araucanian				[arn] Mapudungun (Mapuche)	100,000
Aymaran				[ayr] Aymaran, Central	#NA
Chon (5-7)				[ona] Ona (Selknam)	1-3
				[teh] Tehuelche	4
Lule-Vilela				[vil] Vilela	20
Mataco-Guaicuru, (68,935)		Mataco (42,600)		[crt] Chorote, Iyojwa'ja	800
				[crq] Chorote, Iyo'wujwa	1,500
				[cag] Nivaclé	200
				[mzh] Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay	15,000
				[mtp] Wichí Lhamtés Nocten	100
				[wlv] Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz	25,000
		Guaicuruan (26,335)		[moc] Mocoví	4,525
				[plg] Pilagá	2,000
				[tob] Toba	19,810
Quechuan, Quechua II, C (910,000)				[quh] Quechua, South Bolivian	850,00
				[qus] Quichua, Santiago del Estero	60,000
Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, (218,612)		Subgroup I (218,512)		[nhd] Chiripá	#NA
				[gun] Guaraní, Mbyá	3,000
				[gug] Guaraní, Paraguayan	200,000
				[gui] Guaraní, Western Argentine	15,000
				[kgk] Kaiwá	512
		Guarani I		[tpj] Tapieté	100