▁invasion , ▁Spanish ▁took ▁over ▁as ▁the ▁ling ua ▁fran ca ▁and ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁languages ▁have ▁become ▁minor ity ▁languages , ▁with ▁some ▁now ▁ext inct ▁or ▁close ▁to ▁ext inction . ▁ ▁German ▁is ▁spoken ▁to ▁a ▁great ▁extent ▁in ▁southern ▁Chile , ▁either ▁in ▁small ▁coun tr ys ide ▁po ckets ▁or ▁as ▁a ▁second ▁language ▁among ▁the ▁communities ▁of ▁larger ▁cities . ▁ ▁Through ▁initi atives ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁English ▁Op ens ▁Do ors ▁program , ▁the ▁government ▁made ▁English ▁mand atory ▁for ▁students ▁in ▁fifth - grade ▁and ▁above ▁in ▁public ▁schools . ▁Most ▁private ▁schools ▁in ▁Chile ▁start ▁teaching ▁English ▁from ▁kind erg arten . ▁Common ▁English ▁words ▁have ▁been ▁absor bed ▁and ▁appropri ated ▁into ▁every day ▁Spanish ▁speech . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁all ▁students ▁from ▁ 3 rd ▁grade ▁in ▁secondary ▁school ▁have ▁been ▁tested ▁on ▁listening ▁and ▁reading ▁compreh ension ▁in ▁English . ▁The ▁evaluation ▁is ▁comp uls ory ▁and ▁the ▁instrument ▁is ▁TO IE C ▁Bridge , ▁developed ▁by ▁Edu c ational ▁Test ing ▁Service . ▁ ▁Religion ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁most ▁recent ▁census ▁( 2 0 0 2 ), ▁ 7 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁over ▁age ▁ 1 4 ▁identified ▁as ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁and ▁ 1 5 . 1 ▁percent ▁as ▁evangel ical . ▁In ▁the ▁census , ▁the ▁term ▁" ev angel ical " ▁referred ▁to ▁all ▁non - C atholic ▁Christian ▁churches ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁the ▁Orth odox ▁Church ▁( A rab