Dialects in Spain
Spanish: KS3, topic 10.1.8
Language & Dialects
Spanish language
- Aparte del idioma español (o castellano como se suele decir en América Latina), hay 3 otros idiomas hablados en España, todos los cuales teniendo estatus oficial.
- Apart from Spanish, (or Castilian as it is usually called in Latin America), there are 3 other languages spoken in Spain, all of which have official status.
South America
- También se habla español (o castellano) en todos los países del centro y sur de America Latina salvo Brazil (donde la lengua oficial es portugués) y en muchas partes del Caribe.
- Spanish is also spoken in all countries of Central and Southern America (except Brazil where the national language is Portuguese) and in parts of the Caribbean.
Variants of Spanish
- Con razón, debido a las dimensiones del continente, hay muchas variantes y acentos hablados en cada país. En estos países la lengua se llama castellano.
- Understandably, due to the size of the continent, there are many local variants and accents spoken in each country. In these countries, they refer to the Spanish language as Castilian.
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Which South American country speaks Portuguese instead of Spanish?