Peru Official Language
Quechua and aymara are still prevalent and have official usage with spanish in regions where they are heavily spoken.
Peru official language. According to the peruvian constitution of 1993 perus official languages are spanish and in areas where they predominate quechua and other indigenous languages. Unbeknown to many peru is not only home to the official language of spanish but it also takes great pride in its preservation of quechua the indigenous language of the mighty inca empire which despite being under threat of extinction during the almost three century long spanish colonial period is still spoken by an impressive 13 of the population and was equally made an official peruvian language in 1975. Peru is home to a multitude of indigenous tongues.
The nations linguistic complexity is apparent in article 48 of the political constitution of peru which officially recognizes and allows for the nations various languages. The government administration in peru the peruvian educations system and the media of the country use spanish as the principal means of communication. Official languages of the state are spanish and wherever they are predominant quechua aymara and other native tongues in accordance with the law.
Spanish is the official language of peru and over 84 of the peruvians speak this language. During the pre hispanic period the inca spread their language quechua across the highlands and along the coast although some groups near lake titicaca spoke aymara at the time of the spanish conquest. The official language of peru is spanish but it is a multilingual nation.
Peru peru languages. At the political level spanish is the official language of peru and in areas where they are common quechua aymara and some other indigenous languages are also the official language. Spanish is spoken natively by 826 of the population quechua by 139 and aymara by 17 while other languages are spoken by the remaining 18.
The political constitution of peru makes allowances for the nations various languages stating that quechua aymara and other native languages are languages of the state wherever they are prominent.