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    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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    The majority of languages of Spain belong to the Romance language family, of which Spanish is the only language which has official status for the whole...
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    Djudio and only recently Ladino, is a Romance language derived from Old Spanish. Originally spoken in Spain, and then after the Edict of Expulsion spreading...
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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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  • 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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    written norm of Spanish was brought forward in the 13th century by Alfonso X the Wise (who used Castilian, i.e. Spanish, along Latin as language of the administration)...
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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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  • 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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    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 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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    The Spanish language has two names: español (English: Spanish) and castellano (English: Castilian). Spanish speakers from different countries or backgrounds...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Spanish is the second most spoken language in the United States. Over 42 million people aged five or older speak Spanish at home. Spanish is also 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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    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 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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    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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    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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  • Old Spanish, also known as Old Castilian (Spanish: castellano antiguo; Old Spanish: roman [roˈman], romançe, romaz), or Medieval Spanish (Spanish: español...
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  • Caló (Spanish: [kaˈlo]; Catalan: [kəˈlo]; Galician: [kaˈlɔ]; Portuguese: [kɐˈlɔ]) is a language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani. It is a mixed...
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    attempt to increase the dominance of the Spanish language over the other languages of Spain. Franco's regime had Spanish nationalism as its main ideological...
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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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    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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    Rioplatense Spanish (/ˌriːoʊpləˈtɛnseɪ/), also known as Rioplatense Castilian, River Plate Spanish, or Argentine Spanish, is a variety of Spanish originating...
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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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    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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    The Royal Spanish Academy (Spanish: Real Academia Española, generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure...
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  • to Spain Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas Spanish cuisine Spanish history Spanish culture Languages of Spain, the...
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