The word, tango, is Argentine Spanish and is believed to come from a term describing an African-American drum dance.
Bolivia has three official languages one of which is Spanish. The other are Indian languages one is called Aymara and the other is called Quechua. About one third of the people speak Spanish. But, most natural born Bolivians speak either of the two orignal native languages.
Bolivia Table of Contents. Mestizos and cholos, technically those of Spanish and Indian descent, constituted 25 to 30 percent of the population. Geographically, this was the most widely distributed of ethnic groups; economically and socially, the position of mestizos was equivocal.