Chile

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Population Full

19,107,000 (2019 census)

Principal Languages
Spanish
Literacy Rate
98% (2015 World Factbook)
International Conventions
CDE (1971), CPPDCE (2007), CSICH (2008), ICCPR (1972), ILOCITP (2008), UNCRPD (2008), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Besnier 1992, Campbell 1997, Campbell and King 2011, Crevels 2007, Fabre 2007, Tovar 1961, Tovar 1966, Tovar and Larrucea de Tovar 1984, Wurm and Hattori 1981
Deaf Population
66,500 (2002 census)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Chile is 12. All are living languages. Of these, 8 are indigenous and 4 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 2 are institutional, 2 are developing, 1 is vigorous, 3 are in trouble, and 4 are dying. Also listed are 2 unestablished languages.