What is Spanish language?
{{Infobox language | altname = Castilian | name = Spanish | image = | nativename = | pronunciation = {{IPA-es|espaˈɲol|}}, {{IPA-es|kasteˈʎano|}} | region = [[Spain]], [[Latin America]] and the [[United States of America]] (see [[#Geographical distribution|below]]) | speakers = 496 million<!--rounded to 2 figures--> | date = [[2022]] | ref = <ref name=viva18/> | speakers2 = +99 million as a second language<ref name=viva18/> <br>595 million total | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Italic languages|Italic]] | fam3 = [[Romance languages|Romance]] | fam4 = [[Italo-Western languages|Italo-Western]] | fam5 = [[Western Romance languages|Western Romance]] | fam6 = [[Ibero-Romance languages|Ibero-Romance]] | fam7 = [[West Iberian languages|West-Iberian]] | fam8 = [[Castilian languages|Castilian]] | ancestor = [[Old Spanish]] | script = [[Latin script|Latin]] ([[Spanish alphabet]])<br>[[Spanish Braille]] | nation = {{Collapsible list |titlestyle=font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;|title=[[List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language|21 countries]]| [[Argentina]]| [[Bolivia]]| [[Chile]]| [[Colombia]]| [[Costa Rica]]| [[Cuba]]| [[Dominican Republic]]| [[Ecuador]]| [[El Salvador]]| [[Equatorial Guinea]]| [[Guatemala]]| [[Honduras]]| [[Mexico]]| [[Nicaragua]]| [[Panama]]| [[Paraguay]]| [[Peru]]| [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]| [[Spain]]| [[Uruguay]]| [[Venezuela]]| }} <br />{{Collapsible list |titlestyle=font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;|title=[[List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language|Dependent territories]]| [[Canary Islands]] ([[Spain]])| [[Ceuta]] ([[Spain]])| [[Easter Island]] ([[Chile]])| [[Galapagos Islands]] ([[Ecuador]])| [[Juan Fernandez Islands]] ([[Chile]])| [[Melilla]] ([[Spain]])| [[Puer