Spainish | |
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Castilian | |
español castellano | |
Pronunciation | [espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano], [kaste'ʝano] |
Region | Spain, Hispanic Americae, Equatorial Guinea |
Ethnicity | Spainyarts, Hispanics, an Latinos |
Native speakers | 480 million (2017)[1] 570 million total speakers L2 speakers: 90 million (na date)[2] |
Early form | Auld Spainish
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Laitin (Spainish alphabet) Spainish Braille | |
Signed forms | Signed Spainish (Mexico, Spain an presumably ensewhaur) |
Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | 20 kintras
Signeeficant minority
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Regulatit bi | Association o Spainish Leid Academies (Real Academia Española an 22 ither naitional Spainigie leid academies) |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-1 | es |
ISO 639-2 | spa |
ISO 639-3 | spa |
Glottolog | stan1288 [3] |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-b |
![]() Spainish leid in the warld | |
Spainish (español) or Castilien (castellano) is an Iberian Romance leid. It is spak bi 580 million fowk.[4] It is the mucklest braid spak Romance leid. It is the naitional leid o Spainie, Argenteinie, Bolivie, Chile, Columbie, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominicae Republict, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, European Union, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, New Mexico (Unitit States), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, an Venezuela, an an offeecial leid o the Unitit Nations.