Spanish is an official language of Ecuador

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"Spanish is an official language of Ecuador" refers to the status of Spanish as the primary national and administrative language used throughout the Republic of Ecuador.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Spanish is an official language of Ecuador canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf official language status ⓘ
coexistsWith Kichwa language in Ecuador ⓘ
Shuar language in Ecuador ⓘ
other indigenous languages of Ecuador ⓘ
constitutionalRecognition yes ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
deFactoMajorityLanguage yes ⓘ
dominantInRuralAreas yes ⓘ
dominantInUrbanAreas yes ⓘ
hasDialectalVariation yes ⓘ
historicalOrigin Spanish colonization of the territory of present-day Ecuador ⓘ
ISO639-1Code es ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
majorityMotherTongue yes ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Republic of Ecuador ⓘ
linked to: Ecuador
partOf Hispanophone world ⓘ
primaryUse business and commerce ⓘ
government administration ⓘ
judicial system ⓘ
national legislation ⓘ
national media ⓘ
public education system ⓘ
recognizedAs language of intercultural relations ⓘ
official language of the State ⓘ
region Amazon region of Ecuador ⓘ
Andean region of Ecuador ⓘ
Coastal region of Ecuador ⓘ
Galápagos Islands ⓘ
regulatedBy Ecuadorian Academy of Language ⓘ
status administrative language ⓘ
national language ⓘ
official language ⓘ
usedByMajorityOfPopulation yes ⓘ
usedFor interethnic communication ⓘ
interregional communication ⓘ
official international representation of Ecuador ⓘ
usedIn armed forces communication ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
national broadcasting ⓘ
national examinations ⓘ
national identity discourse ⓘ
official documents ⓘ
police communication ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
public health communication ⓘ
variety Ecuadorian Spanish ⓘ
linked to: Andean Spanish
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Academy of the Spanish Language in Ecuador → officialLanguageContext → Spanish is an official language of Ecuador ⓘ