Español / Spanish

Other names Castellano / Castilian
Spoken in ... Has the status of a main native language in 21 countries over the world; and is spoken alongside other main official languages in about 30 countries. Spanish is, numerically speaking, the second most natively spoken language in the world -after Chinese-; and it is one of the top ranking languages, spoken as a second language, besides English and French.
Number of speakers About 450/500 millions speakers, 400 of them native speakers.
Legal status Official status in 21 countries, co-official, or spoken besides other languages in many other countries or regions over the world
Source(s) Centro Virtual Cervantes (Instituto Cervantes): http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua

For further information see also

http://www.elcastellano.org/23abr.html

Sprachen und Sprachpolitik entlang des Jakobsweges, Romanisches Seminar der CAU zu Kiel: 28.05.2013
Sprachen und Sprachpolitik entlang des Jakobsweges, Romanisches Seminar der CAU zu Kiel: 28.05.2013
EUROPA AUF DEN JAKOBSWEGEN            KIEL, LANDESHAUS: 22. 11. – 19. 12. 2011 | CENTRE CULTUREL FRANÇAIS, KIEL: 24.01. - 24.02.2012
EUROPA AUF DEN JAKOBSWEGEN KIEL, LANDESHAUS: 22. 11. – 19. 12. 2011 | CENTRE CULTUREL FRANÇAIS, KIEL: 24.01. - 24.02.2012
Congress Santiago (21./22.10.2011)
Congress Santiago (21./22.10.2011)