Spanish

Romance language originating in the Iberian Peninsula
Class type of: Castilian, West Iberian Q1321
Spanish
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Spanish is an intangible entity associated with the country of Spain[1].

Key Facts

  • Country: Spain[4], Andorra[5], Argentina[6], Belize[7], Bolivia[8], Chile[9], Colombia[10], Costa Rica[11], Cuba[12], Dominican Republic[13], Ecuador[14], El Salvador[15], Equatorial Guinea[16], Gibraltar[17]
  • Instance of: language[18], modern language[19], human language[20]
  • Writing system: Latin script[21]
  • Has part(s): Peninsular Spanish[22], Latin American Spanish[23], Philippine Spanish[24], Equatoguinean Spanish[25], Saharan Spanish[26], Colombian Spanish[27], Español vallecaucano[28]
  • Language regulatory body: Association of Academies of the Spanish Language[29]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 480,000,000[30], 470,000,000[31], 437,000,000[32], 436,667,750[33], 89,500,000[34], 70,606,900[35], 485,000,000[36]

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Influence

Things named for Spanish include Salina[37], a city in the United States[38], in United States[39], founded in 1864[40].

Why It Matters

Spanish has been cited as an influence by English[41], a natural language[42], in American Samoa[43] and Globasa[44], an international auxiliary language[45], founded in 2019[46].

Entities named for Spanish include Salina[37], a city in the United States[38], in United States[39], founded in 1864[40].

FAQs

Who did Spanish influence?

Spanish has been cited as an influence by English[41] and Globasa[44].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [2] ↑ . Glottolog. wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . cedro.org. cedro.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Ethnologue. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Ethnologue. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Ethnologue. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Ethnologue. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Chalmd · 2026-10-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 7w ago · KaDiWa · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 10w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 12w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 19w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → spanish-language
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: spanish-language, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960564|spanish language (#289960564)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  8. 19w ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Edition or translation of: May I Call You Mistress?, adding inverse claim"
  9. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002028-spanelstina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002028-spanelstina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  10. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  11. 23w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  12. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  13. 26w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twitch tag id → d4bb9c58-2141-4881-bcdc-3fe0505457d1
    Ethnologue language status → 1 National
    Has grammatical mood → indicative, imperative, subjunctive +1
    Indigenous to → Spain
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Umls cui: C0037750"
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