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Spanish | |
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Castilian | |
español, castellano | |
Pronunciation | [espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano] |
Region | Spain, Hispanic America, Equatorial Guinea (see below) |
Native speakers
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470 million (2016) |
Early forms
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Old Spanish
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Latin (Spanish alphabet) Spanish Braille |
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Signed Spanish (Mexico, Spain, & presumably elsewhere) | |
Official status | |
Official language in
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Regulated by |
Association of Spanish Language Academies (Real Academia Española and 22 other national Spanish language academies) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | es |
ISO 639-2 |
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ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | stan1288 |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-b |
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470 million (2016)
570 million total speakers
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Spanish (i/ˈspænᵻʃ/,
español , also called Castilian (
i/kæˈstɪliən/,
castellano )) is a Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native-speakers across the world.
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