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		Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Latin
Script(s) Used		Espa Ol / Castellano
Family		Indo-european	46.3% World Languages have Indo-European
Subgroup		Italic
3 Letter Code		Spa

		Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		332	68.89
Native Speakers as % of World		7.2	1.52
Total Number of Speakers (millions)		390	113.83
Total Speakers as % of World		5.1	1.52
		Language Systems
Noun declensions		None	62.7% World Languages have None
Sequence		SVO	43.9% World Languages have SVO
Tonal		No	80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language		No	85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language
		Geographic Distribution
Official language in		Spain Bolivia Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Guatemala Honduras Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Venezuela Argentina Chile Dominican Republic Mexico Nicaragua Uruguay
Official Language of United Nations		Yes	10.4% World Languages have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In		Spain, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Algeria, Andorra, Belize, Benin, Chad, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Nicaragua, Niger, Togo, Tunisia, Philippines, United States, Netherlands
No. of Countries Spoken In		37	10.33

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