Language

Argentina has at least 40 spoken languages, with Spanish being the most common. Others include indigenous and other immigrant languages; some are extinct, while others are endangered, and are spoken by elderly individuals whose descendants do not speak the languages. Spanish is the language that virtually all of Argentina's population understands and speaks as a first or second language. According to the most recent estimates, the population is now larger than 45 million.

Rioplatense, often known as "Argentine Spanish," is the most common dialect, with speakers concentrated mostly in the Rio de la Plata basin. Argentina is one of the few Spanish-speaking countries where the pronoun vos is virtually universally used instead of the pronoun tú. (Spanish for "you"). This can be seen as one of the Argentina Culture, Customs and Etiquette.

English is another major language in Argentina, and it is required in basic school in several districts. Argentina is the only Latin American country classified as having "high aptitude" in English, ranking 15th globally in 2015, according to the English Aptitude Index. Other major languages in Argentina are Guarani and Quechua, which have 200,000 and 65,000 speakers, respectively. Argentine Sign Language (LSA), which is signed by deaf communities, is another native language. It first appeared in 1885.