ECONOMICS
TRADE EXCHANGE AND INTERDEPENDENCE
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Question
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Indigenous people who could speak the native languages died from diseases.
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Native languages were not written down, so it was very difficult for new generations to learn.
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The Europeans who conquered the indigenous people replaced indigenous culture with their own.
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Latin Americans were taught Spanish, which is the language used to communicate at school and in businesses.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Spanish language was brought across the Atlantic to the Americas by Spanish explorers and Conquistadors in the 16th and 17th centuries, and it spread rapidly throughout North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Detailed explanation-2: -Through policies of assimilation, dispossession of lands, discriminatory laws and actions, indigenous languages in all regions face the threat of extinction. This is further exacerbated by globalization and the rise of a small number of culturally dominant languages.
Detailed explanation-3: -Because most of the countries in Latin America were conquered by Spain, Spanish is the most common language spoken today in Latin America. Brazil was conquered by Portugal so most Brazilians speak a form of Portuguese today. Indigenous languages are still spoke today by a small number of people in the region.
Detailed explanation-4: -As such, it also includes many of the Caribbean island nations, as well as Mexico, Brazil and Colombia. Because of the heritage of these nations, Spanish and Portuguese are most commonly spoken, but there are many other languages in the region as well.