others. In Spain and some other parts of the Spanish-speaking world, Spanish is called not only español but also castellano (Castilian), the language from the...
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Spanish was the sole official language of the Philippines throughout its more than three centuries of Spanish rule, from the late 16th century to 1898...
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Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym djudeoespanyol, Hebrew script: גﬞודﬞיאו־איספאנייול), also known as Ladino, is a Romance language derived from...
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Spanish creole (Spanish: criollo), or Spanish-based creole language, is a creole language (contact language with native speakers) for which Spanish serves...
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The majority of languages of Spain belong to the Romance language family, of which Spanish is the only one with official status in the whole country. Others...
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Spanish names are the traditional way of identifying, and the official way of registering, a person in Spain. They are composed of a given name (simple...
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Galician are co-official alongside Spanish in certain regions. In Ecuador, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level while the Kichwa...
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The Spanish language has two names: español (English: Spanish) and castellano (English: Castilian). Spanish speakers from different countries or backgrounds...
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The different varieties of the Spanish language spoken in the Americas are distinct from each other as well as from those varieties spoken in the Iberian...
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norm of Spanish was brought forward in the 13th century by Alfonso X the Wise (who used Castilian, i.e. Spanish, along with Latin as languages of the administration)...
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and derivations in Spanish, plus a few other less obvious effects. The Spanish language, also called Castilian, is a Romance language that evolved from...
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Spanish is the second most spoken language in the United States. Over 43.4 million people aged five or older speak Spanish at home (13.7%). Spanish is...
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The Spanish language is the most commonly spoken language in California after the English language, spoken by 28.18 percent (10,434,308) of the population...
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dialect of Spanish, retaining features from Old Spanish, or a separate language. The distinction between /s/ and /θ/ is maintained in northern Spain (in all...
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Mexican Spanish (Spanish: español mexicano) is the variety of dialects and sociolects of the Spanish language spoken in the United Mexican States. Mexico...
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Spanish Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de Signos Española, LSE) is a sign language used mainly by deaf people in Spain and the people who live with them...
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Caló (Spanish: [kaˈlo]; Catalan: [kəˈlo]; Galician: [kaˈlɔ]; Portuguese: [kɐˈlɔ]) is a language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani ethnic groups...
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Old Spanish (roman, romançe, romaz; Spanish: español medieval), also known as Old Castilian or Medieval Spanish, refers to the varieties of Ibero-Romance...
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general. In Spanish, the term castellano (Castilian) can either refer to the Spanish language as a whole, or to the medieval Old Spanish, a predecessor...
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europeo), or Iberian Spanish (Spanish: español ibérico), is the set of varieties of the Spanish language spoken in Peninsular Spain. This construct is often...
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Dracula is a 1931 Spanish-language American horror film directed by George Melford. The film is based on both the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker and the...
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world including Spanish-speaking Africa. Eleven Spanish-language writers have won the Nobel Prize in Literature: 1904: José Echegaray, Spain 1922: Jacinto...
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The Royal Spanish Academy (Spanish: Real Academia Española [reˈal akaˈðemja espaˈɲola], generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution...
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Spanish on a daily basis in areas bordering the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Today, Spanish is still offered as one of the foreign languages in...
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centuries. In 1863, a Spanish decree introduced universal education, creating free public schooling in Spanish. It was also the language of the Philippine...
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Spanish is a Romance language which developed from Vulgar Latin in central areas of the Iberian Peninsula and has absorbed many loanwords from other Romance...
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European language in the world in terms of native speakers and the second-most spoken Romance language in the world, surpassed only by Spanish. Being the...
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variety of Vernacular languages spoken in Spain. Spanish, the official language in the entire country, is the predominant native language in almost all of...
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Rioplatense Spanish (/ˌriːoʊpləˈtɛnseɪ/ REE-oh-plə-TEN-say, Spanish: [ri.oplaˈtense]), also known as Rioplatense Castilian, or River Plate Spanish, is a variety...
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Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish Language and Culture (also known as AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish V, or AP Spanish) is a course and examination offered...
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