Bolivia has three official languages

by Micaela M.
(Cranbury, NJ)

In the United States learning other languages is optional but officially, there is only one language even though the country is made up of immigrants from all over the world. I think Bolivia shows a lot of progress by having 3 OFFICIAL languages - Spanish, Aymara and Quechua.

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May 17, 2019
 Bolivia has over 20 official languages
by: CHARIS

Chris (below) is correct. This post (posted by a website visitor, not by us) is about 8 years old and was originally posted in 2011. In response to another website visitor, who argued that Bolivia's official language is Portuguese, we posted this response on Dec 04, 2012:

Dec 04, 2012
Portuguese is not an official language in Bolivia
by: BoliviaBella.com (190.186.166.117)

Sorry Iris, Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, not Bolivia.

Also, Bolivia now has over 20 (no longer 3) official languages. The new Bolivian constitution, passed in 2009, names each of Bolivia's cultural languages an official Bolivian language.

However, Portuguese is not one of them as it is not a native language in Bolivia and never has been.

There are, however, many Portuguese speakers in Bolivia as there are large communities of Brazilian immigrants living here.
May 16, 2019
 nice thought but...not quite....
by: Chris

The U.S. has always been a country of immigrants hence this fact:

*** There is no federal official language in the United States***

Also: according to Bolivia's constitution, there are over 20 languages listed as federally "official languages" ... not 3...

(doesn't hurt to check what you think are facts against actual facts before posting something online and spreading stuff like this;-) )
Jun 13, 2018
 Bolivia rocks
by: 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇧🇴

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May 17, 2015
 Hi
by: Anonymous

Very helpful thx ;D
Oct 17, 2014
 Amazing
by: Greatful Person

Perfect! It's just What I was looking for here!
Sep 29, 2013
 u r wrong
by: Anon

yeah iris, you were sooo wrong
Dec 04, 2012
 Portuguese is not an official language in Bolivia
by: BoliviaBella.com

Sorry Iris, Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, not Bolivia.

Also, Bolivia now has over 20 (no longer 3) official languages. The new Bolivian constitution, passed in 2009, names each of Bolivia's cultural languages an official Bolivian language.

However, Portuguese is not one of them as it is not a native language in Bolivia and never has been.

There are, however, many Portuguese speakers in Bolivia as there are large communities of Brazilian immigrants living here.
Dec 04, 2012
 ;
by: iris

you all are wrong the official language is portugues
Mar 01, 2012
 good
by: Anonymous

awesome
May 18, 2011
 bad
by: Anonymous

bad

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