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[spa] 1 (National). De facto national language. 3,485,700 in Uruguay, all users. L1 users: 3,430,000 in Uruguay (Instituto Cervantes 2019). L2 users: 55,700 (Instituto Cervantes 2019).

5 (Dispersed)

English

[eng] 5* (Dispersed). 832,000 in Uruguay, all users. L1 users: 2,000 in Uruguay (2016). L2 users: 830,000 (2019 census).

German, Standard

[deu] 5* (Dispersed). 30,600 in Uruguay (2016). Ethnic population: 40,000 (2017).

Portuguese

[por] 5* (Dispersed). 30,600 in Uruguay (2016).

Yiddish, Eastern

[ydd] 5* (Dispersed).

5 (Developing)

Uruguayan Sign Language

[ugy] 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2001, Law no. 17.378). 7,000 (Belloso 2009). Approximately 0.2% of total population.

Unestablished

French

[fra] Unestablished. 20,500 in Uruguay (2018).

Galician

[glg] Unestablished. 40,900 in Uruguay (2016).

Greek

[ell] Unestablished. 14,300 in Uruguay (2016).

Italian

[ita] Unestablished. 89,900 in Uruguay (2016).

Plautdietsch

[pdt] Unestablished. 2,000 in Uruguay (Salminen 2007).

Russian

[rus] Unestablished. 14,300 in Uruguay (2016 J. Leclerc).

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