Spanish language

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The Spanish language is a language.

The short word is: Spanish.


Spanish is spoken in the country of Spain.

And in many other countries.


The Spanish language is a global language.

Because Spanish is spoken by many people.


In the Americas,

the Spanish language is the most common first language.


on the picture you see a map. Spanish spoken countries are in red color


Words with same meanings[edit | edit source]

Spanish

Spanish-language

Spanish langugae

Spanish (language)

ESPAÑOL language

Lengua española

Spansh language


Detailed explanation[edit | edit source]

Spanish is written with Latin letters.

English is also written with Latin letters.

Over 400 million people speak Spanish.

Spanish is spoken in 45 countries.

And the Spanish language is mother language for over 300 million people.


Spanish is the most spoken Romance language in the world.

Romance languages are for example:

French, Italian or Portuguese.


The Spanish language has lots of dialects.

Spanish is the official language in over 20 countries.

For example:

It is an official language of the European Union.

And of the UN.

And of other organizations.


The Spanish alphabet has 27 letters.

And it has punctuation marks.

Two of them do not excist in the Englisch language:

  • ¡
  • ¿

These punctuation marks are used:

  • at the beginning of a shout
  • at the beginning of a question.


Some Spanish words and phrases:[edit | edit source]

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