Spanish

Dialects: American Spanish (Chicano), Andalusian (Andalú, Andalusí, Andaluz), Aragonese, Canary Islands Spanish (Isleño), Castilian, Murcian, Navarrese, Silbo Gomero. Lexical similarity: 89% with Portuguese ,, 85% with Catalan ,, 82% with Italian ,, 76% with Sardinian ,, 75% with French ,, 74% with Ladin ,, 71% with Romanian ,.

Status Notes: Statutory national language (1978, Constitution, Art 3(1)), recognized statutory language in all autonomous cities and communities under various local laws.

Demographics: 38,400,000 in Spain (ELDIA 2012). Population total all countries: 414,170,030. L2 users: 7,490,000 in Spain (ELDIA 2006).

Language Use: 9,800,000 also use English [eng]. 4,368,000 also use French [fra].

Language Development: Fully developed. Bible: 1553–2000.

Typology: SVO; prepositions; genitives, relatives after noun heads; articles, numerals before noun heads; adjectives before or after noun heads depending on whether it is evaluative or descriptive; question word initial; (C(C))V(C); nontonal. Silbo Gomero whistled variety of Spanish used in Canary Islands.

Spoken In: Argentina, Spain, Colombia, Andorra, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Guatemala

Writing System: Braille, Latin

Nation of Origin: Spain

Other Comments: The Aragonese dialect of Spanish is different from Aragonese language ,. Christian.