Languages of Spain

the languages of Spain correspond to the many spoken languages in Spain.

The official language of Spain is Spanish or Castillan but many other languages coexist with different statutes. The Castillan has the statute of official language. In certain areas, certain languages have a statute of Co-officiality with the Castilian.

The statute of the languages of Spain east in particular summarized partly in article 3 of the Spanish Constitution.

Official language

The Castillan ( castellano or more usually called Spanish in many countries of Europe and Latin America) is the only language having the statute of official language.

Languages having a statute of Co-officiality

Currently, four languages have a statute of Co-officiality:
  • the Catalan ( català ) has an Co-official statute in Catalogne, in the Balearic Islands (Baléare) and in the Valencian Communauté (one will then speak about Valencian. The Valencian is regarded a dialect of the Catalan by some and as a language with whole share by others).
For the Catalonia, the officiality of the Catalan is defined in the statute of autonomy of Catalonia
  • the Basque ( will euskara ), nonIndo-European language, Co-official with the Pays Basque and in part of the Navarre. The Basque has many dialects and it is the form called batua or Basque unified which is used officially.
  • the Galician ( galego ) is Co-official in Galicia. It is about a language very close to the Portuguese.
  • the Aranais ( aranés ) own language of the Valley of Aran (north-western of the Catalonia). Aranais is a variety of Gascon (Occitan). This linguistic characteristic comes owing to the fact that until a recent past, the only transportation route of the Valley of Aran moved towards the close Comminges whose vernacular language was the Gascon. According to the new Statute (2006), the occitan is official in Catalonia (Article 6).

Languages not-official but recognized by the law

  • the Asturien ( bable , asturianu ) does not have a statute of Co-officiality but is protected and recognized in the statute of autonomy of the Principauté of Asturies.

Not-official languages

  • the Aragonese in the Northern part of the Aragon
  • the astur-léonais and its dialects:
    • the Estremeñu
    • the Galician Eonaviego or of Asturies, language of transition between the Galician and the Asturien
    • the Montañes or Cántabro in Cantabrie and Asturies
  • the Caló
  • the Catalan is also spoken in the Western part of the Aragon (in the area called Franja ) and in the area of Murcie in the area known as of El Carche or el Carxe .
  • the Portuguese, in particular around the town of Olivenza in Extremadura which was annexed by Spain at the beginning of the XIXè century with the Portugal. The Portuguese of Olivenza almost disappeared today whereas the population of comarque of Olivenza mainly spoke it until in the Années 1940.
  • the Quinqui
  • the Fala de Xálima is a language of the group Galaïco-Portuguese, spoken in the North-West about the Province about Cáceres in Extremadura in the Valle de Jálama.
  • the Arab (Ceuta and Melilla)
  • the Riffian

Dialects of the Castilian

  • the Andalusian
  • the To speak Canarian
  • the Castúo
  • the Murcien

External bond

  • Languages of Spain

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