Spanish

E664

Spanish is a Romance language originating from the Iberian Peninsula that is now one of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe, the Americas, and beyond.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Spanish canonical 2,879
Spanish language 139
Castilian Spanish 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (97)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ibero-Romance language
Romance language
language
alternativeName Castilian
linked to: Spanish
developedFrom Old Spanish
Vulgar Latin
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers over 480 million native speakers
over 580 million total speakers
hasCommonLoanwordsFrom Arabic
Basque
English
French
Indigenous American languages
Italian
hasDigitalLanguageCode es-ES
es-MX
hasGrammaticalFeature agreement in gender and number
grammatical gender
pro-drop pronoun system
two copular verbs ser and estar
use of definite and indefinite articles
use of subjunctive mood
verb conjugation by person and number
hasMajorDialect Andalusian Spanish
Canarian Spanish
Caribbean Spanish
Castilian Spanish
linked to: Spanish

Central American Spanish
Chilean Spanish
Colombian Spanish
Equatoguinean Spanish
Mexican Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system
hasRegulatingBody Association of Academies of the Spanish Language
Royal Spanish Academy
hasSpecialCharacter ñ
hasStandardForm Standard Spanish
linked to: Spanish
hasTypicalWordOrder SVO
hasWritingDirection left-to-right
ISO639-1Code es
ISO639-2Code spa
ISO639-3Code spa
isOfficialLanguageOf African Union (working language)
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
European Union
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Organization of American States
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Spain
Union of South American Nations
United Nations
Uruguay
Venezuela
Western Sahara
linked to: Equatorial Guinea
isOfficialMinorityLanguageIn Andorra
Belize
Gibraltar
Philippines
United States
isTaughtAsForeignLanguageIn many countries worldwide
isWidelySpokenIn Caribbean
Central America
Europe
North America
South America
parts of Africa
parts of Asia
isWorldLanguage true
languageFamily Ibero-Romance languages
Indo-European languages
Italic languages
Romance languages
Western Romance languages
nativeName castellano
español
originatedIn Iberian Peninsula
rankedByNumberOfNativeSpeakers among the top three languages in the world
usesDiacritics acute accent
diaeresis
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

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

Puerto Rico officialLanguage Spanish
Indo-European language family includesLanguage Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Jews usesLanguage Ladino
linked to: Spanish
Spanish alternativeName Castilian
linked to: Spanish
Spanish hasMajorDialect Castilian Spanish
linked to: Spanish
Spanish hasStandardForm Standard Spanish
linked to: Spanish
Chamorro hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish
Puerto Rican Spanish partOf Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Royal Spanish Academy languageRegulated Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Equatoguinean Spanish partOf Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Equatoguinean Spanish developedFrom Peninsular Spanish
linked to: Spanish
Equatoguinean Spanish developedFrom Castilian Spanish
linked to: Spanish
Equatoguinean Spanish comparedWith Peninsular Spanish
linked to: Spanish
Portuguese language closelyRelatedTo Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Italian language closelyRelatedTo Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Quechua hasLoanwordsIn Spanish
Association of Academies of the Spanish Language regulates Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Aymara influencedBy Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Catholic Monarchy usesLanguage Castilian Spanish
linked to: Spanish
Romani language influencedBy Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Kichwa influencedBy Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Kichwa hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Shuar hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish
Mexican Spanish partOf Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Ramón José Castellano familyName Castellano
linked to: Spanish
Ilocano language lexicalInfluenceFrom Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Chicano English influencedBy Spanish
Cuba officialLanguage Spanish
Andalusian Spanish partOf Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Ngäbere usedAlongside Spanish
Bikol language hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Caribbean Spanish partOf Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Canarian Spanish contrastsWith Castilian Spanish
linked to: Spanish
Grammar Department operatesInLanguage Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
Holy Week languageOfName Spanish (Semana Santa)
linked to: Spanish
Juan Sebastián Elcano languageSpoken Spanish language
linked to: Spanish