Most Spoken Official Languages of South America

There are hundreds of official languages of South American countries / regions that are not extinct yet. Can you name the 26 most spoken ones?
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Not necessarily scaled by native speakers
Including some overseas territories as part of South America
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Est. Number of Speakers
Language
Official In...
1,500,000,000
English
Guyana, United Kingdom (Falkland Islands)
558,000,000
Spanish
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
312,000,000
French
France (French Guiana)
267,000,000
Portuguese
Brazil
134,000,000
German
Brazil (region-specific)
23,500,000
Dutch
Suriname
8,420,000
Quechua
Bolivia, Ecuador (region-specific) , Peru (region-specific)
3,100,000
Guaraní
Bolivia, Paraguay
3,000,000
Hunsrik
Brazil (regional)
2,520,000
Aymara
Bolivia, Peru (region-specific)
1,000,000
Talian
Brazil (region-specific)
416,000
Wayuu
Colombia (region-specific) , Venezuela (region-specific
300,000
Pomeranian
Brazil (region-specific)
250,000
Mapudungun
Chile (region-specific)
75,000
Emberá
Colombia (region-specific)
60,000
Paéz
Colombia (region-specific)
42,000
Wichí Lhamtés
Argentina (region-specific) , Bolivia (region-specific)
42,000
Shuar
Ecuador (region-specific)
32,000
Warao
Venezuela (region-specific)
30,000
Toba
Argentina (region-specific)
23,000
Pémon
Venezuela (region-specific)
23,000
Guahibo
Colombia (region-specific)
21,000
Guambiano
Colombia (region-specific)
13,000
Piaroa
Venezuela (region-specific)
12,000
Yanomamö
Venezuela (region-specific)
12,000
Awa-Cuaiquer
Colombia (region-specific)
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Additional Info:

The humber of speakers by language is not only specific to South America

Important: Some languages are official in specific provinces or subdivisions, not entire countries

Sources:

Major Languages' speakers count: this Wikipedia webpage

Official languages of each country: this Wikipedia webpage

Aymara, Guaraní and Quechua speaker count: various searches via worlddata.info

Lesser-spoken languages' speaker count: various searches via World Population Review