Romance language
Spanish Castilian español castellano Pronunciation [espaˈɲol] [kasteˈʎano] Region Spain Hispanic America Equatorial Guinea (see below ) Ethnicity Spaniards Hispanics Latinos Native speakers
480 million (2017)[1] L2 speakers [2] Early form
Latin Spanish alphabet Spanish Braille Signed Spanish Official status Official language in
Regulated by Association of Spanish Language Academies (Real Academia Española Language codes ISO 639-1 es ISO 639-2 spa ISO 639-3 spa Glottolog stan1288 [3] Linguasphere 51-AAA-b Spanish as official language
Unofficial, but spoken by more than 25% of the population
Unofficial, but spoken by 10-20% of the population
Unofficial, but spoken by 5-9% of the population
Spanish-based creole languages spoken
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Spanish ( (listen ; español (help info Castilian [4] (listen , castellano (help info Western Romance language Castile Spain world's second-most spoken native language Mandarin Chinese global language [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages Vulgar Latin Iberia Western Roman Empire [10] Toledo Kingdom of Castile Spanish Empire the Americas territories in Africa Oceania Philippines [11]
Around 75% of modern Spanish vocabulary is derived from Latin Ancient Greek [12] [13]
Spanish vocabulary has been in contact with Arabic Al-Andalus [14] [15] [16] [17] [14] [18] [19] Basque Iberian Celtiberian Visigothic [20] [14] French Italian Occitan Catalan Sardinian Nahuatl Quechua other indigenous languages of the Americas
Spanish is one of the six official languages United Nations official language European Union Organization of American States Union of South American Nations Community of Latin American and Caribbean States African Union many other international organizations [21]
