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{{Infobox language |
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| name_english = Spanish |
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| name_native = Castellano, Español |
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| number_of_speakers = ~ 420,000,000 |
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| countries = Andorra, [[Argentina]], Belize, Bolivia, Chile, [[Colombia]], Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, [[Uruguay]], USA, Venezuela |
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| image_map = http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map-Hispanophone_World.png/300px-Map-Hispanophone_World.png |
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| official_status = official |
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| unicode_support = Latin-1 Block |
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| direction = lrtb |
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| alphabets = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNÑOPQRSTUVWXYZ<br>abcdefghijklmnñopqrstuvwxyz<br>ÁÉÍÓÚÜ áéíóúü ¿¡ |
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| iso_639_1 = es |
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| iso_639_2 = spa |
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| iso_639_3 = spa |
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| olpc_status_color = green |
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}} |
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Spanish, the language of [[Spain]] and most of Latin America, is written in the Latin alphabet with several accented letters, all of which are included in the Latin-1 block of Unicode. |
Spanish, the language of [[Spain]] and most of Latin America, is written in the Latin alphabet with several accented letters, all of which are included in the Latin-1 block of Unicode. |
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Although the term ''spanish'' (''español'') is frequently used, the correct name of the language is ''castelian'' (''castellano''). See "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_given_to_the_Spanish_language Names given to the Spanish language]". |
Although the term ''spanish'' (''español'') is frequently used, the correct name of the language is ''castelian'' (''castellano''). See "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_given_to_the_Spanish_language Names given to the Spanish language]". |
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===Alphabet=== |
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Full alphabet: |
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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNÑOPQRSTUVWXYZ |
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abcdefghijklmnñopqrstuvwxyz |
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Some years ago, the [http://www.rae.es Real Academia Española] determined that the special 'composed' characters such as ch, ll, rr (which except for the double r, were all considered autonomous characters—ie: a, b, c, ch, d...) were 'discarded' and standardized into just a simple sequenciation. For further information you can see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_system_of_Spanish wikipedia's article]. |
Some years ago, the [http://www.rae.es Real Academia Española] determined that the special 'composed' characters such as ch, ll, rr (which except for the double r, were all considered autonomous characters—ie: a, b, c, ch, d...) were 'discarded' and standardized into just a simple sequenciation. For further information you can see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_system_of_Spanish wikipedia's article]. |
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Special characters |
===Special characters=== |
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====Accented characters==== |
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==Formats== |
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;Date:Traditionally, dates are in the DD/MM/YY |
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== Population == |
== Population == |
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21,480,000 Venezuela official (1995) |
21,480,000 Venezuela official (1995) |
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343,970,119 TOTAL 348,570,119 TOTAL |
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348,570,119 TOTAL |
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<font size="1">Source: [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=spa Ethnologue]</font> |
<font size="1">Source: [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=spa Ethnologue]</font> |
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Revision as of 02:31, 8 January 2007
| Spanish Castellano, Español | ||
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| Speakers | ~ 420,000,000 | |
| http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map-Hispanophone_World.png/300px-Map-Hispanophone_World.png | ||
| Countries | Andorra, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela | |
| Status | official | |
| Unicode | Latin-1 Block | |
| Direction | lrtb | |
| Alphabet | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNÑOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnñopqrstuvwxyz ÁÉÍÓÚÜ áéíóúü ¿¡ | |
| ISO 639-1: | es | |
| ISO 639-2: | spa | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | spa | |
Spanish, the language of Spain and most of Latin America, is written in the Latin alphabet with several accented letters, all of which are included in the Latin-1 block of Unicode.
Although the term spanish (español) is frequently used, the correct name of the language is castelian (castellano). See "Names given to the Spanish language".
Alphabet
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNÑOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnñopqrstuvwxyz
Some years ago, the Real Academia Española determined that the special 'composed' characters such as ch, ll, rr (which except for the double r, were all considered autonomous characters—ie: a, b, c, ch, d...) were 'discarded' and standardized into just a simple sequenciation. For further information you can see the wikipedia's article.
Special characters
Accented characters
ÁÉÍÓÚÜ áéíóúü
Special (punctuation) symbols
¿¡ªº
Formats
- Date
- Traditionally, dates are in the DD/MM/YY
- Numbers
- use the 9.999,99 format (period for thousands and coma for decimal).
Population
24,600 Andorra (1986)
33,000,000 Argentina official (1995)
80,477 Belize (1991 census)
3,483,700 Bolivia official + (1995)
13,800,000 Chile official (1995)
34,000,000 Colombia official (1995)
3,300,000 Costa Rica official (1995)
10,000,000 Cuba official (1995)
6,886,000 Dominican Republic official (1995)
9,500,000 Ecuador official (1995)
5,900,000 El Salvador official (1995)
11,500 Equatorial Guinea official (1993 Johnstone)
4,673,000 Guatemala official (1995)
5,600,000 Honduras official (1996)
86,211,000 Mexico official (1995)
20,000 Morocco (1993 Johnstone)
4,347,000 Nicaragua official (1995)
2,100,000 Panama official (1995)
186,880 Paraguay official (2000 WCD) more likely 4,600,000
20,000,000 Peru official + (1995)
2,658 Philippines (1990 census)
3,437,120 Puerto Rico official (1996)
44,708,964 Spain official + (2006)
4,100 Trinidad and Tobago (2004)
3,000,000 Uruguay official (1995)
22,400,000 USA (1990 census)
21,480,000 Venezuela official (1995)
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343,970,119 TOTAL 348,570,119 TOTAL
Source: Ethnologue