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The languages of Spain ((スペイン語:lenguas de España)), or Spanish languages ((スペイン語:lenguas españolas)),〔The term ''lenguas españolas'' appears in the Spanish Constitution, referrering to all the languages spoken within Spain (those are Basque, Spanish, Catalan/Valencian, Galician, Asturian, Leonese, etc.).〕 are the languages spoken or once spoken in Spain. Romance languages are the most widely spoken in Spain; of which Spanish, or Castilian, is the only language which has official status for the whole country.〔Promotora Española de Lingüística - (Lengua Española o Castellana ). (Spanish)〕 Various other languages have co-official or recognised status in specific territories, and a number of unofficial languages and dialects are spoken in certain localities. ==Present-day languages== In terms of number of speakers and dominance, the most prominent of the languages of Spain is Spanish (Castilian), spoken by about 99% of Spaniards as a first and second language.〔http://eprints.ucm.es/8936/1/DT03-06.pdf〕 Basque is spoken by 2%, Catalan (or Valencian) by 17%, and Galician by 7% of all Spaniards. Distribution of the regional co-official languages in Spain: *Aranese, co-official in Catalonia.〔 (Llei 35/2010, d'1 d'octubre, de l'occità, aranès a l'Aran )〕 It is spoken mainly in the Pyrenean comarca of the Aran Valley (''Val d'Aran''), in north-western Catalonia. It is a variety of Gascon, which in turn is a variety of the Occitan language. *Basque, co-official in the Basque Country and northern Navarre (see ''Basque-speaking zone''). Basque is the only non-Romance language with an official status in mainland Spain. *Catalan, co-official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and, as a distinct variant (Valencian), in the Valencian Community. It is recognised—but not official—in Aragon (''La Franja''). Furthermore, it is also spoken without official recognition in the municipality of Carche, Murcia. *Galician, co-official in Galicia. It is also spoken without official recognition in the adjacent western parts of the Principality of Asturias and Castile and León. Spanish is official throughout the country; the rest of these languages have legal and co-official status in their respective communities, and (except Aranese) are widespread enough to have daily newspapers and significant book publishing and media presence in those communities. In the cases of Catalan and Galician, they are the main languages used by the Catalan and Galician regional governments and local administrations. A number of citizens in these areas consider their regional language as their primary language and Spanish as secondary. In addition to these, there are a number of seriously endangered and recognised minority languages: *Aragonese, recognised—but not official—in Aragon. *Asturian, recognised—but not official—in Asturias. *Leonese, recognised—but not official—in Castile and León. Spoken in the provinces of León and Zamora. Spanish itself also has distinct dialects around the country; for example, the Andalusian or Canarian dialects, each of these with their own subvarieties, some of them being partially closer to the Spanish of the Americas, which they heavily influenced at different degrees, depending on the regions or periods, and according to different and non-homogeneous migrating or colonisation processes. Five very localised dialects are of difficult filiation: Fala, a nearly extinct variety of its own mostly adscribed to the Galician-Portuguese group; Cantabrian and Extremaduran, two Astur-Leonese dialects also regarded as Spanish dialects; Eonavian, a dialect between Asturian and Galician, closer to the latter according to several linguists; and Benasquese, a Ribagorçan dialect that was formerly classified as Catalan, later as Aragonese, and which is now often regarded as a transitional language of its own. Asturian and Leonese are closely related to the local Mirandese which is spoken on an adjacent territory but over the border into Portugal. Mirandese is recognised and has some local official status. With the exception of Basque, which appears to be a language isolate, all of the languages present in mainland Spain are Indo-European languages, specifically Romance languages. Afro-Asiatic languages, such as Arabic (including Ceuta Darija) or Berber (mainly Riffian), are spoken by the Muslim population of Ceuta and Melilla and by recent immigrants (mainly from Morocco and Algeria) elsewhere. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Languages of Spain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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