Spanish language

     Countries where Spanish has official status.      Countries and U.S. states where Spanish has no official status but is spoken by 25% or more of the population.      Countries and U.S. states where Spanish has no official status but is spoken by 10–20% of the population.      Countries and U.S. states where Spanish has no official status but is spoken by 5–9.9% of the population.

Spanish or Castilian (Spanish: español or castellano) is a language. It's one of the most spoken languages in the world (with English and Chinese).

It came from Latin and is considered a Romance language.

The Spanish alphabet uses 26 letters of the Latin alphabet, with the addition of ñ "eñe", for a total of 27 letters. In Spanish, the acute accent (´) is sometimes used with vowels (á, é, í, ó, ú).

Vocabulary guide

Numbers

English	Spanish	Pronunciation
one	uno	OO-noh
two	dos	DOHS
three	tres	TRES
four	cuatro	KWAH-troh
five	cinco	SEEN-koh
six	seis	SAYS
seven	siete	SYE-teh
eight	ocho	OH-choh
nine	nueve	NWE-be
ten	diez	DYES

Conversation

English	Spanish	Pronunciation
Hello.	Hola.	OH-lah
What is your name?	¿Como te llamas? (literally "What are you called?")	KOH-moh te YAH-mahs
My name is...	Me llamo... (literally "I'm called...")	meh YAH-moh

Colors

English	Spanish	Pronunciation
white	blanco	BLAHN-koh
red	rojo	ROH-hoh
blue	azul	ah-SOOL
green	verde	VERR-deh
brown	marrón	mah-ROHN
yellow	amarillo	ah-mah-REE-yoh
black	negro	NE-groh

Days of the week

English	Spanish	Pronunciation
Sunday	domingo	doh-MEEN-goh
Monday	lunes	LOO-nes
Tuesday	martes	MAR-tes
Wednesday	miércoles	MYERR-koh-les
Thursday	jueves	HWEH-vehs
Friday	viernes	VYER-nehs
Saturday	sábado	SAH-bah-doh

This language has its own Vikidia project. See the Spanish edition.