What are the 3 Spanish languages?

• Spanish official; spoken throughout the country.
• Catalan / Valencian, co-official.
• Basque, co-official.
• Galician, co-official.
• Aranese (i.e. Gascon / Occitan), co-official.
• Asturleonese language (Asturian and Leonese), recognised but not official.
• Aragonese, recognised but not official.

What is special about Spanish language?

It’s a beautiful language with a wide global influence on business and culture. It’s spoken in many diverse areas of the world, so Spanish speakers benefit from being able to communicate with all kinds of people in all types of situations in Spanish-speaking countries and beyond.

What are the 2 names for the Spanish language?

There are two names given in Spanish to the Spanish language: español (“Spanish”) and castellano (“Castilian”).

What is the most common form of Spanish?

Castilian Spanish is perhaps the most widely-known of all the Spanish dialects. With Castilian Spanish, there are actually different verb conjugations than other Spanish-speaking countries. The main difference is that Castilian Spaniards use the vosotros verb form.

What makes Spanish different from other languages?

Although there are some phonetic differences between regions, Spanish is a language that practically sounds as you write it. We do not have neutral vowels, open vowels or nasal vowels, like French or Portuguese. Unlike French, which uses phonetic accents, we only use the accent on the tonic syllable.

Are all Spanish languages the same?

Some of the regional varieties of the Spanish language are quite divergent from one another, especially in pronunciation and vocabulary, and less so in grammar. While all Spanish dialects adhere to approximately the same written standard, all spoken varieties differ from the written variety, to different degrees.

What are the different names of the Spanish language?

Names of the language. In Spain and in some other parts of the Spanish-speaking world, Spanish is called not only español (Spanish) but also castellano (Castilian), the language from the kingdom of Castile, contrasting it with other languages spoken in Spain such as Galician, Basque, Asturian, Catalan,…

When did the Latin language of Spain become Spanish?

Although there is no clear boundary defining when the Latin of what is now the north-central area of Spain became Spanish, it is safe to say that the language of the Castile region became a distinct language in part because of efforts by King Alfonso in the 13th century to standardize the language for official use.

Where is Spanish spoken around the world?

Spanish Is Spoken Around the World. Spanish has at least 3 million native speakers in each of 44 countries, making it the fourth most widely spoken language behind English (112 countries), French (60), and Arabic (57). Antarctica and Australia are the only continents without a large Spanish-speaking population.

Is the Spanish alphabet unique to the Spanish language?

Although they have been used by people who speak some of the non-Spanish languages of Spain, they are otherwise unique to the Spanish language. Similarly unique to Spanish and a few local languages that have copied it is the ñ, which became standardized around the 14th century.