Languages of Spain
overview about the languages spoken in Spain
The languages of Spain are shown in the box to the right. Most of these languages are part of the Romance language family.
| Languages of Spain | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Official | Spanish (country-wide); Catalan/Valencian, Galician, Basque and Aranese (selected territories) |
| Regional | Asturian/Leonese, Tarifit, Darija, Aragonese, Eonavian, Fala, Erromintxela, Extremaduran, Portuguese |
| Minority | Caló |
| Immigrant | Spanish, Portuguese, Darija, Berber, Romanian, English, German, French, Italian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian, Wolof, Urdu, Hindustani, Wu dialects (Qingtian & Wenzhounese)[1] (see immigration to Spain) |
| Signed | Spanish Sign Language Catalan Sign Language Valencian Sign Language |
| Keyboard layout | |
| Source | [2] |
The Spanish language (also known as Castilian) is the only language with official status in Spain.[3] Some other languages have co-official or recognised status in some parts of the country.[4]
References
change- ↑ Martínez Robles, David (2007). La lengua china: historia, signo y contexto: Una aproximación sociocultural. Córdoba: Editorial UOC. p. 62. ISBN 978-84-9788-682-6.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Promotora Española de Lingüística - Lengua Española o Castellana Archived 27 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (Spanish)
- ↑ M. Teresa Turell (2001). Multilingualism in Spain: sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic aspects of linguistic minority groups. Multilingual Matters. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-85359-491-5.
