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| Languages of Spain | |
|---|---|
| Official | Spanish (country-wide); Catalan/Valencian, Galician, Basque and Aranese Occitan (selected territories) |
| Regional | Amazigh, Ceutan Arabic, Aragonese, Aranese, Asturleonese, Portuguese, Basque, Catalan-Valencian-Balearic, Galician.[1] |
| Minority | Caló[1] |
| Immigrant | Spanish, Portuguese, Moroccan Arabic, Berber, Romanian, Quechua, English, German, French, Bangla, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian, Wolof, Punjabi,[2] Hindu–Urdu, Wu dialects (Qingtian & Wenzhounese)[3] (see immigration to Spain) |
| Signed | Spanish Sign Language Catalan Sign Language Valencian Sign Language |
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The majority of languages of Spain[4] belong to the Romance language family, of which Spanish is the only one with official status in the whole country.[5][6] Others, including Catalan/Valencian (in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands) and Galician (in Galicia), enjoy official status in their respective autonomous regions, similar to Basque in the northeast of the country (a non-Romance language isolate). A number of other languages and dialects belonging to the Romance continuum exist in Spain, such as Aragonese, Asturian, Fala and Aranese Occitan.
- ^ a b Brohy, Claudine; Climent-Ferrando, Vincent; Oszmiahska-Pagett, Aleksandra; Ramallo, Fernando (2019). "Carta europea de lenguas minoritarias". Consejo de Europa.
- ^ Solé Aubia, Montserrat; Rodríguez Roca, Josep (2005). "Pakistaníes en España: un estudio basado en el colectivo de la ciudad de Barcelona". Barcelona Centre for International Affairs. p. 108.
- ^ Martínez Robles, David (2007). La lengua china: historia, signo y contexto: Una aproximación sociocultural. Córdoba: Editorial UOC. p. 62. ISBN 978-84-9788-682-6.
- ^ The term lenguas españolas appears in the Spanish Constitution, referring to all the languages spoken within Spain (those are Basque, Spanish, Catalan/Valencian, Galician, Asturian, Leonese, etc.).
- ^ Promotora Española de Lingüística - Lengua Española o Castellana Archived 27 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (Spanish)
- ^ M. Teresa Turell (2001). Multilingualism in Spain: Sociolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Aspects of Linguistic Minority Groups. Multilingual Matters. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-85359-491-5.