People The principal ethnic majority are the Mestizos who are of mixed Spanish and AmerIndian descent and account for 90% of the population. AmerIndians account for 5% while another 5% are Whites mainly Spanish. Other ethnic groups include the Lebanese, Swiss, Turks, Syrians, Germans and Chinese. |
| Relgions Mostly Christians with around 93% of the population Roman Catholic while other religious minorities include Protestants, Pentecosts and Jews. |
| Population 6,122,515 (July 2000 est.) |
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| Languages of El Salvador Republic of El Salvador, República de El Salvador. National or official language: Spanish. 6,032,000 (1998 UN). Also includes Central Pokomam, Turkish 500, Chinese 1,300. Christian, secular. The number of spoken languages listed for El Salvador is 5. Of those, 5 are living languages and 1 is extinct. Diversity index 0.00. Spoken living languages KEKCHÍ [KEK] 12,286 in El Salvador. Alternate names: QUECCHÍ, CACCHÉ. Classification: Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Quichean, Kekchi. LENCA [LEN] (36,858 in ethnic group in El Salvador, 1987; or .6% of the population; 1982 Barrett). Town of Chilango. Classification: Unclassified. PIPIL [PPL] 20 speakers approximately, all older people, out of 196,576 in ethnic group (1987). Population total both countries 20. Alternate names: NAHUAT, NAWAT. Classification: Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan, General Aztec, Pipil. SPANISH [SPN] 5,900,000 in El Salvador (1995), or 92.3% of the population (1982 Barrett). Alternate names: ESPAÑOL, CASTELLANO. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian. Extinct languages CACAOPERA [CCR] Department of Morazán. Classification: Misumalpan. |
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