The popularity of English in South American countries

English is the third largest immigrant language in South America, and about 5.4 million people speak English. Most of them live in Argentina (2.8 million) and Colombia (6.5438+900 million), followed by Guyana (680,000).

Brief introduction to South America:

1 language. Indians use Indian, Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, French is the official language of French Guiana, English is the official language of Guyana, Dutch is the official language of Suriname, and Spanish is the official language of other countries.

2. Education. The development of education level and literacy rate in South America is extremely uneven. For example, 20% of people in Bolivia are illiterate, while only 5% in Argentina. Most countries implement free and compulsory basic education. While secondary education is concentrated in cities. All countries have public universities, but the enrollment rate is different. There are 800,000 college students in Argentina and only 500,000 in Brazil, although the population is five times that of Argentina.

3. Name. The word America is the abbreviation of America, which includes North America and South America. America was named in memory of an Italian navigator named Amerigo Weiss Pucci.