Spanish, Espa�ol
One of the Ibero-Romance languages, Spanish is most closely related to Catalan, Galician and Portuguese .
There are around 40 million Spanish speakers within Spain.
Spanish is the official language in Spain , including the Balearic and Canary Islands and the Northern African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. There are Spanish-speaking communities in the UK , France and Germany . It is one of the official languages of the European Union and of the United Nations.
Spanish uses the Latin alphabet, and the acute accent on vowels to indicate stressed syllables. � and � are exclusive to Spanish and represent a single letter and not a modification of n. Spanish also uses the opening question and exclamation marks � �
11th century glosses written by monks in northern Spain provide us with the first examples of written Spanish.
Spain's Moorish past bequeathed the language a wide variety of Arabic words, including 'algod�n' cotton, 'alcalde' mayor, 'almirante' admiral. The 'al-' that starts all these words was Arabic for 'the', but the Spanish speakers hung on to it and attached it to the word. So 'el algod�n' actually represents 'the the cotton' and 'el alcade' 'the the mayor'. Th-th-th-that's all folks!
BBC World Service in Spanish .
Would you like to find out more? Then have a look at our Spanish language resources !
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Yes.
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No.
No.
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�Bienvenido (-a) (-s)!
Welcome!
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Encantado (-a).
Pleased to meet you.
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Hola.
Hello.
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Adi�s.
Goodbye.
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Gracias.
Thank you.
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Me llamo...
My name is ...
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Do you speak English?
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Lo siento, no hablo espa�ol.
I'm sorry, I don't speak Spanish.
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Necesito ayuda.
I need help.
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Where is the toilet, please?
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