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__Languages of Spain __

__Overview __
The main language in Spain is Castilian. The other languages include Galacian, which 7 percent of people speak, Castalan, which 17 percent of people speak, and Basque, which 2 percent of people speak. In all, 26 percent of people in Spain speak a different language other then Castilian.

__Basque __
   ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ The language Basque, or el Euskera is spoken in the northern and central areas in Spain. It is not the most common language in Spain with only 600,000 speakers out of the 40,548,753 people living in Spain. The whole province of Guipúzcoa speaks Basque and part of the provinces Navarra and Vizcaya and also small parts of Alava. Basque is not only spoken in Spain, but also in other countries around the world. Now instead of being written in the English letters, Basque is written with Latin symbols.

__Galacian __
Another language in Spain is Galacian- Portuguese. It was created in the middle ages by Christians who carried it to Portugal. Later in history they had to split Galacian- Portuguese in to 2 languages for political reasons. Now about 2 million people in Spain and Latin American countries speak Galacian.

__Castalan __
Another popular language is Castalan. It was a very popular language in the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. Its literature or books were especially popular. Later, in the 16th through 18th centuries, the language became very unpopular until the 19th century when it became, again, very popular. Now both the languages Castalan and Castilian are the main languages of Catalunya and th﻿e Belearic Islands. It is also spoken outside of Spain in Aragon and Murcia. About 5 to 6 million people speak this language and the people of the culture Castilian can speak and write the language.

__Castil﻿ian __
﻿ The language Castilian, or Spanish as we know it today, is the main language in Spain. It is stated that in article 3 of Spain's constitution that all people in Spain are required to know and use it. It is also spoken around the world in countries that used to be claimed as Spain's. 350 million people live in Spain and of those, only 300 million speak it. The language originated when the Spaniards needed a communication between peninsulas. It got the name Castilian because they used it in castles, but later when people started writing in it they started calling it Spanish instead of Castilian.