User:Kvwiki1234/List of countries where Spanish is an official language
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Regions where Spanish is the official and predominant language
Regions where Spanish is an official language but not a majority native language
Regions where Spanish is a significant minority language
Official or national language
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editTerritory | Status | Population (2014)[1] |
Regulatory body | More information |
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Puerto Rico[g] | De jure[22] | 3,620,897 | Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española | Puerto Rican Spanish |
Notes:
- ^ In Spain, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level, while Basque, Catalan/Valencian, Aranese, and Galician are co-official alongside Spanish in certain regions.
- ^ In Peru, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level while Quechua and Aymara hold co-official status in selected regions.
- ^ In Ecuador, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level while the Kichwa (Northern Quechua) and Shuar languages hold co-official status in selected regions.
- ^ In Bolivia, the national constitution recognizes Spanish and various indigenous languages of Bolivia as official at the national level, though Spanish is predominant nationwide.
- ^ In Paraguay, Spanish and the indigenous Guaraní are recognized as co-official at the national level and both are widely used in society.
- ^ In Equatorial Guinea, the Spanish, French, and Portuguese languages all hold official status at the national level, though Spanish is the primary language in the public sphere while Fang, Bube, Kombe, and other Bantu languages, as well as an English-based creole, are used at home and family settings.
- ^ Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the U.S. where Spanish and English are the official languages and Spanish is the primary language.
References
edit- ^ a b "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- ^ Mexico does not have an official language at the federal level [1]; however, Spanish is spoken by the majority.
- ^ Constitution of Colombia, Art. 10
- ^ Spanish Constitution, Art. 3-1
- ^ The Argentine Constitution does not establish Spanish as an official language.
- ^ Constitution of Peru, Art. 48
- ^ Constitution of Venezuela, Art. 9
- ^ The Constitution of Chile does not establish Spanish as an official language. However, Chilean legislation establishes that schools must teach students to communicate in the "Castilian language" (General Law on Education (Articles 29 and 30), Chile Library of Congress.)
- ^ Constitution of Ecuador, Art. 2
- ^ Constitution of Guatemala, Art. 143
- ^ Constitution of Cuba Archived 2 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Art. 2
- ^ Constitution of Bolivia, Art. 5
- ^ The Constitution of the Dominican Republic establish Spanish as it official language.
- ^ Constitution of Honduras, Art. 6
- ^ Constitution of Paraguay, Art. 140
- ^ Constitution of El Salvador, Art. 62
- ^ The Constitution of Nicaragua does not establish Spanish as an official language.
- ^ Constitution of Costa Rica, Art. 76
- ^ Constitution of Panama, Art. 7
- ^ The Constitution of Uruguay does not establish Spanish as an official language.
- ^ Constitution of Equatorial Guinea Archived 1 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Art. 4
- ^ Constitution of Puerto Rico Archived 19 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Art. 3, Section 5: It is mandatory to be able to read and write in either English or Spanish in order to be a member of the Legislative Assembly.