Spanish

E664

Ibero-Romance language Romance language language

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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish canonical	2,879
Spanish language	139
Castilian Spanish	11
Castilian	7
Peninsular Spanish	2
Standard Spanish	2
Castellano	1
Ladino	1
Spanish (Semana Santa)	1

Statements (97)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ibero-Romance language ⓘ Romance language ⓘ language ⓘ
alternativeName	Spanish ⓘ surface form: Castilian
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 ⓘ Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Castilian 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	Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard 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 ⓘ Equatorial Guinea ⓘ surface form: Western Sahara
isOfficialMinorityLanguageIn	Andorra ⓘ Belize ⓘ Gibraltar ⓘ Philippines ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 language family ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3,043)

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

Puerto Rico → officialLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

Texas → secondMostSpokenLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

Florida → hasLargeLanguageCommunity → Spanish ⓘ

Indo-European language family → includesLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Jews → usesLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ladino

Spanish → alternativeName → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castilian

Spanish → hasMajorDialect → Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castilian Spanish

Spanish → hasStandardForm → Spanish self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Spanish

Haitian Creole → hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom → Spanish ⓘ

Chamorro → hasLoanwordsFrom → Spanish ⓘ

Puerto Rican Spanish → partOf → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Cuban government → officialLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

Easter Island → hasOfficialLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

Royal Spanish Academy → languageRegulated → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Equatoguinean Spanish → partOf → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Equatoguinean Spanish → developedFrom → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peninsular Spanish

Equatoguinean Spanish → developedFrom → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castilian Spanish

Equatoguinean Spanish → comparedWith → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peninsular Spanish

International Telecommunication Union → officialLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

Portuguese language → closelyRelatedTo → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Italian language → closelyRelatedTo → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Quechua → hasLoanwordsIn → Spanish ⓘ

Association of Academies of the Spanish Language → regulates → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Aymara → influencedBy → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Catholic Monarchy → usesLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castilian Spanish

Romani language → influencedBy → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Antillean Creole → hasInfluenceFrom → Spanish ⓘ

Kichwa → influencedBy → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Kichwa → hasLoanwordsFrom → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Serrano people → exonymLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

Shuar → hasLoanwordsFrom → Spanish ⓘ

Papiamento → hasMajorInfluenceFrom → Spanish ⓘ

Mexican Spanish → partOf → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Government of Mexico → officialLanguageOfAdministration → Spanish ⓘ

Ramón José Castellano → familyName → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castellano

Ilocano language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Chicano English → influencedBy → Spanish ⓘ

Cuba → officialLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

Andalusian Spanish → partOf → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Ngäbere → usedAlongside → Spanish ⓘ

Bikol language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Kiliwa language → contactLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

Paipai language → dominantContactLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

Caribbean Spanish → partOf → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Canarian Spanish → contrastsWith → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castilian Spanish

Grammar Department → operatesInLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language

Holy Week → languageOfName → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish (Semana Santa)

Lima Region → hasOfficialLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

International Hydrographic Organization → hasOfficialLanguage → Spanish ⓘ

Juan Sebastián Elcano → languageSpoken → Spanish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish language