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2 days ago · Spanish ( español) or Castilian ( castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a global language with about 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 600 million when including second language speakers.
2 days ago · Today, the individual Indo-European languages with the most native speakers are English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Hindustani, Bengali, Punjabi, French and German each with over 100 million native speakers; many others are small and in danger of extinction.
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2 days ago · English is the third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers.
May 16, 2024 · Below, you’ll find a list of the 21 countries that have Spanish as an official language, listed in alphabetical order. I break down how each country has adapted the Spanish language and give you some examples of unique vocabulary from each one.
3 days ago · The Basques are indigenous to and primarily inhabit the Basque Country. [7] The Basque language is spoken by 806,000 Basques in all territories. Of these, 93.7% (756,000) are in the Spanish area of the Basque Country and the remaining 6.3% (50,000) are in the French portion.
May 20, 2024 · Arabic influence on the Spanish language overwhelmingly dates from the Muslim era of the Iberian Peninsula between 711 and 1492. The influence results mainly from the large number of Arabic loanwords and derivations in Spanish, plus a few other less obvious effects.
3 days ago · According to Ethnologue, Catalan had 4.1 million native speakers and 5.1 million second-language speakers in 2021. Geographical distribution of Catalan language by official status. According to a 2011 study the total number of Catalan speakers was over 9.8 million, with 5.9 million residing in Catalonia.
