Spanish
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Summary
Spanish is a natural language[1]. Spanish ranks in the top 0.41% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48,925 views/month, #3 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Spain[3], Andorra[4], Argentina[5], Belize[6], Bolivia[7], Chile[8], Colombia[9], Costa Rica[10], Cuba[11], Dominican Republic[12], Ecuador[13], El Salvador[14], Equatorial Guinea[15], Gibraltar[16]
- Instance of: language[17], modern language[18], human language[19]
- Subclass of: Castilian[20], West Iberian[21]
- Writing system: Latin script[22]
- Commons category: Spanish language[23]
- Wikimedia language code: es[24]
- Has part(s): Peninsular Spanish[25], Latin American Spanish[26], Philippine Spanish[27], Equatoguinean Spanish[28], Saharan Spanish[29], Colombian Spanish[30], Español vallecaucano[31]
- Edition or translation of: Axiologie 4.0[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Spanish language[33]
- Language regulatory body: Association of Academies of the Spanish Language[34]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 480,000,000[35], 470,000,000[36], 437,000,000[37], 436,667,750[38], 89,500,000[39], 70,606,900[40], 485,000,000[41]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Spanish[42]
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Influence
Things named for Spanish include Salina[43], a city in the United States[44], in United States[45], founded in 1864[46].
Why It Matters
Spanish has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Spanish is known by 107 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Spanish has been cited as an influence by English[49], a natural language[50], in American Samoa[51] and Globasa[52], an international auxiliary language[53], founded in 2019[54].
Entities named for Spanish include Salina[43], a city in the United States[44], in United States[45], founded in 1864[46].
FAQs
Who did Spanish influence?
Spanish has been cited as an influence by English[49] and Globasa[52].