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[[BabyIgs]] recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.<br>
 
[[BabyIgs]] recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.<br>
 
[[El Hefe]] recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.<br>
 
[[El Hefe]] recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.<br>
[[Galdago]] recognizes [[Galdagan]] as official language. Though a Spano-Italian amalgamation, the language is widely regarded to be the [[Aperin]] equivalent of Spanish.<br>
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[[Galdago]] recognizes [[Galdagan]] as an official language. Though a Spano-Italian amalgamation, the language is widely regarded to be the [[Aperin]] equivalent of Spanish.<br>
 
[[Greater Footballia]] does not recognize Spanish as an official language, but it is spoken in [[Spain]], and [[Footballian]], the official language, contains many Spanish influences.<br>
 
[[Greater Footballia]] does not recognize Spanish as an official language, but it is spoken in [[Spain]], and [[Footballian]], the official language, contains many Spanish influences.<br>
 
[[Hell Bovines]] recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.<br>
 
[[Hell Bovines]] recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.<br>

Revision as of 23:10, 30 June 2005

This article deals with Spanish as it relates to NationStates. For more general information, see the Wikipedia article on this subject.

Spanish (español or castellano)
Genetic classification:

Indo-European
 Italic
  Romance
   Italo-Western
    Western
     Gallo-Iberian
      Ibero-Romance
       West Iberian
        Spanish

Spoken language in:

Alewares
BabyIgs
El Hefe
Greater Footballia
Hell Bovines
Henrytopia
Iberic States
Knootian Colombia
Liverpool England
Lobisonia
Mallorcana
Pacitalia
Pascifitonia (Tertiary Language)
Sjwitz
The Antarctican People
The Latin Union
The Sultanate of the Ayyubids
Kratostan
Nation

Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language. In the real world, Spanish is widely considered to be the third most spoken language, and a language in permanent expansion. In the NationStates world, the language also plays an important role, as many players claim their countries to be Spanish-speaking to some degree. In some cases, the players behind these nations do so because they are Spanish speakers in real life, though in other cases they do it because they have sympathy towards the language or because it fits their roleplaying background. Such nations may also have mottos or nation names in Spanish or claim to have Spanish as an official language.

Some of these nations, when roleplaying, claim that the language was brought to their country by foreign invaders (thus emulating the real-life expansion of Spanish by colonialist policies), while others claim the language simply evolved naturally in their nations.

Relevance in the Nationstates world

Spanish has gained a great relevance in the Nationsates world, some even claiming that it is second only to English. There is a good number of roleplaying nations that claim to have Spanish as an official language, making the language a moderately important presence in the Nationstates forums. In roleplaying, Spanish can be considered to be a secondary language along with some other languages which have spread because they are based on RL such as Dutch, or German. In some nations Quenya has taken the role of being an alternative lingua franca.

The real bulk of Spanish speakers, however, exists outside the forums, where the Spanish speakers of nationstates have created several regions and groups for them. There are many regions devoted only to Spanish speakers, as well as regions for nationals of several Spanish speaking countries.

Most people behind these nations are native Spanish speakers, coming mainly from RL Latin America and/or parts of the United States, though there is a good number of players coming from Spain as well.

Spanish Speaking Nations in Nationstates

These are the roleplaying nations that claim to have Spanish as an official language:

Alewares recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.
BabyIgs recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.
El Hefe recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.
Galdago recognizes Galdagan as an official language. Though a Spano-Italian amalgamation, the language is widely regarded to be the Aperin equivalent of Spanish.
Greater Footballia does not recognize Spanish as an official language, but it is spoken in Spain, and Footballian, the official language, contains many Spanish influences.
Hell Bovines recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.
Henrytopia recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.
Knootian Colombia recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.
Liverpool England does not recognise Spanish as an official language, but it is widely used.*
Lobisonia recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.
Pacitalia recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.
In Sjwitz, Spanish is commonly recognised as the second most spoken language . Fklaazj, a minor spoken language in Sjwitz also contains a great deal of Spanish influences.
The Antarctican People recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages.
The Federation of Iberic States recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages, along with Portuguese
The Holy Empire of Coffee Drinking does not recognise Spanish as an official language, but it is widely used by coffee traders when dealing with Columbia.
The Latin Union recognizes Spanish as an official language. It is the third most spoken language in that nation.
The Sultanate of the Ayyubids recognizes Spanish as one of its official languages, it is spoken in Porto Mikelangelo.
Kratostan recognizes Spanish as the most spoken of two official languages.