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El Salvador
A country in Americas
The number of individual languages listed for El Salvador is 5. Of these, 4 are living and 1 is extinct. Of the living languages, 2 are institutional, 1 is developing, and 1 is dying.
Official Name
Republic of El Salvador, República de El Salvador
Population

6,289,000 (2013 UNDESA)

Principal Languages
Spanish
Literacy Rate
82% (2010 UNESCO)
Immigrant Languages
Chinese (1,300), Poqomam, Turkish (500)
Deaf Population
15,000
General References
Campbell 1997
Language Counts
The number of individual languages listed for El Salvador is 5. Of these, 4 are living and 1 is extinct. Of the living languages, 2 are institutional, 1 is developing, and 1 is dying.