Spanish language (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Spanish language" in English language version.

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  • static1.ara.cat: 43.2% speak Spanish as a mother tongue, and 14.4% as a second language.

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  • Spanish language at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025) Closed access icon
  • Eberhard, Simons & Fennig (2020) Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D. (2020). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (23rd ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Archived from the original on 6 April 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2002.
  • Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D. (2022). "Summary by language size". Ethnologue. SIL International. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  • "Summary by language size". Ethnologue. 3 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  • "Peru". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011. There are 5,782,260 people who speak other language as mother tongue (main languages: Quechua (among 32 Quechua's varieties) 4,773,900, Aymara (2 varieties) 661,000, Chinese 100,000).
  • "Venezuela". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013. There are 1,098,244 people who speak other language as their mother tongue (main languages: Chinese 400,000, Portuguese 254,000, Wayuu 199,000, Arabic 110,000)
  • "Chile". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2011. There are 281,600 people who speak another language, mainly Mapudungun (250.000)
  • There are 207,750 people who speak another language, mainly Garifuna (98,000).: Ethnologue Archived 13 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  • There are 490,124 people who speak another language, mainly Mískito (154,000).: Ethnologue Archived 15 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  • There are 14,100 people who speak other language as their mother tongue (main language, Kekchí with 12,300 speakers): Ethnologue Archived 7 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  • There are 501,043 people who speak another language as mother tongue: "PA". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  • There are 150,200 people who speak another language as mother tongue, "UY". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  • www.ethnologue.com Spanish is the fourth most spoken language with 558.5 million speakers.
  • "Spanish". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2005.

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  • "Europeans and their Languages". European Union (eurobarometer). 2023. pp. 11, 58. Reports and documents - Data annex - Europeans and their languages - page 58. The source offers percentages of people over 12 years old in each EU country, who speak Spanish at a very good level (page 58). Of the total EU population over 12 years old, 9% are native Spanish speakers, another 3% have a very good level of Spanish, and a total of 17% can hold a conversation in Spanish (page 54). Therefore, native and very good Spanish speakers account for 12% (9%+3%).
  • "Eurobarometer: Report: Europeans and their languages". European Union. 2023. pp. 11, 21. Native and non native people who speak Spanish well enough in order to be able to have a conversation.
  • Eurobarometr 2012 Archived 29 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine (pages T74, TS2): Non native people who speak Spanish very well.

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  • There are more than 433,000 emigrants from predominantly Spanish-speaking countries in France, of which 93.6% speak native Spanish (Inst. Cerv. Anuario 2024): 310,072 Spaniards (INE, 2025) + 31,151 Colombians + 16,473 Chileans + 14,807 Argentines + 13,390 Mexicans + 13,361 Peruvians + 7,249 Venezuelans + 5,466 Cubans + 4,730 Ecuatorians + 3,992 Dominicans + 3,598 Bolivians + 3,423 Guatemalans + 2,784 Uruguayans + 1,178 Paraguayans (datosmacro 2020). On the other hand, we should consider Spanish emigrants who have become French citizens and still speak Spanish, or the descendants of Spanish emigrants born in France who speak Spanish at home.

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  • Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2022). "Castilic". Glottolog 4.6. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

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  • "czso.cz" (in Czech). czso.cz. September 2024.

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ine.es

  • "Census INE estimate for 1 April 2025". Archived from the original on 13 January 2022.
  • INE (2021) Archived 2 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine: In Spain, 85.6% speak Spanish always or frequently in family (77.1% always and 8.5% frequently), 96% speak Spanish well, and 99.5% understand and speak, albeit with difficulty .
  • There are more than 433,000 emigrants from predominantly Spanish-speaking countries in France, of which 93.6% speak native Spanish (Inst. Cerv. Anuario 2024): 310,072 Spaniards (INE, 2025) + 31,151 Colombians + 16,473 Chileans + 14,807 Argentines + 13,390 Mexicans + 13,361 Peruvians + 7,249 Venezuelans + 5,466 Cubans + 4,730 Ecuatorians + 3,992 Dominicans + 3,598 Bolivians + 3,423 Guatemalans + 2,784 Uruguayans + 1,178 Paraguayans (datosmacro 2020). On the other hand, we should consider Spanish emigrants who have become French citizens and still speak Spanish, or the descendants of Spanish emigrants born in France who speak Spanish at home.
  • There are 1,554,744 emigrants from predominantly Spanish-speaking countries in Brazil (nepo.unicamp.br 2024), of which 93.6% speak native Spanish (Inst. Cerv. Anuario 2024): 672,894 Venezuelans + 187,562 Bolivians + 143,928 Spaniards (INE, 2025) + 108,587 Colombians + 106,271 Argentines + 68,650 Paraguayans + 65,976 Cubans + 61,033 Peruvians + 59,562 Uruguayans + 25,064 Mexicans + 24,393 Chileans + 14,793 Ecuatorians + 4,793 Dominicans + 2,962 Hondurans + 2,179 Costa Ricans + 1,905 Guatemalans. Total Native Spanish speakers 1,454,676.

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  • ons.dz, Census estimate for 1 Jan 2025.

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  • "español, la". Diccionario de la lengua española. Real Academia Espańola. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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  • Often considered to be a substratum word. Other theories suggest, on the basis of what is used to make cheese, a derivation from Latin brandeum (originally meaning a linen covering, later a thin cloth for relic storage) through an intermediate root *brandea. For the development of the meaning, cf. Spanish manteca, Portuguese manteiga, probably from Latin mantica ('sack'), Italian formaggio and French fromage from formaticus. Romanian Explanatory Dictionary Archived 18 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine

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  • Alfassa, Shelomo (December 1999). "Ladinokomunita". Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010.

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  • "Background Note: Andorra". U.S. Department of State: Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. January 2007. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2007.

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tln.ca

  • "tln.ca" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

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  • "FAQ". The Secretariat for The Implementation of Spanish. Trinidad and Tobago: Government of the Republic. Archived from the original on 3 November 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

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um.es

  • www.um.es Archived 26 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine (5.2. Datos descriptivos de los usos de español e inglés, Gráfico 2). 77.3% of the Gibraltar population speak Spanish with their mother more, or equal than English.

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  • Lope Blanch, Juan M. (1972). "En torno a las vocales caedizas del español mexicano". Estudios sobre el español de México (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. pp. 53–73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2011.

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  • There are 1,554,744 emigrants from predominantly Spanish-speaking countries in Brazil (nepo.unicamp.br 2024), of which 93.6% speak native Spanish (Inst. Cerv. Anuario 2024): 672,894 Venezuelans + 187,562 Bolivians + 143,928 Spaniards (INE, 2025) + 108,587 Colombians + 106,271 Argentines + 68,650 Paraguayans + 65,976 Cubans + 61,033 Peruvians + 59,562 Uruguayans + 25,064 Mexicans + 24,393 Chileans + 14,793 Ecuatorians + 4,793 Dominicans + 2,962 Hondurans + 2,179 Costa Ricans + 1,905 Guatemalans. Total Native Spanish speakers 1,454,676.

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