Uruguay
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English
[eng] Montevideo, Paysandú, and Río Negro. Users: 832,000 in Uruguay, all users. L1 users: 2,000 in Uruguay (2016). L2 users: 830,000 (2019 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Users: 20,500 in Uruguay (2018). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
Galician
[glg] Users: 40,900 in Uruguay (2016). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Portuguese-Galician.
German, Standard
[deu] Montevideo and Paysandú departments. Users: 30,600 in Uruguay (2016). Ethnic population: 40,000 (2017). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Alemán, Deutsch. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Greek
[ell] Users: 14,300 in Uruguay (2016). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic.
Italian
[ita] Users: 89,900 in Uruguay (2016). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian.
Plautdietsch
[pdt] Users: 2,000 in Uruguay (Salminen 2007). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Saxon.
Portuguese
[por] Users: 30,600 in Uruguay (2016). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Portugués del Uruguay, Portunhol, Portuñol, Uruguayan Portuguese. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Portuguese-Galician.
Russian
[rus] Users: 14,300 in Uruguay (2016 J. Leclerc). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Spanish
[spa] Users: 3,485,700 in Uruguay, all users. L1 users: 3,430,000 in Uruguay (Instituto Cervantes 2019). L2 users: 55,700 (Instituto Cervantes 2019). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Alternate Names: Español. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
Uruguayan Sign Language
[ugy] Scattered. Users: 7,000 (Belloso 2009). Approximately 0.2% of total population. Status: 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2001, Law no. 17.378). Alternate Names: LSU, Lengua de Señas Uruguaya. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Yiddish, Eastern
[ydd] Scattered. Users: Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, Yiddish.