List of countries where Spanish is an official language

List of countries where Spanish is an official language

The following is a list of the 20 countries where Spanish is an official language::

Countries where a Spanish-based creole is spoken

The Spanish-based creole language of Papiamento1 is official in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. Chavacano is spoken in the Philippines, and Palenquero is spoken in Colombia but are not official.

1Papiamento is considered both a Spanish- and Portuguese-based creole language [cite web |url=http://www.narin.com/papiamentu/origins.html |title=Papiamentu Facts |accessdate=2008-06-13 |author=Attila Narin |date=June 1998] [cite book |last=Dalby |first=Andrew |authorlink=Andrew Dalby |title=Dictionary of Languages |origyear=1998 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing plc |isbn=0-7475-3117-X |pages=p. 489]

Organizations where Spanish is official

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