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The following is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories where Spanish is an official language, the national language or the de facto official language. ==Spanish as official language or national language== Spanish is the majority language in 21 sovereign states and several dependent territories, totaling around 442 million people.〔http://eldiae.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/El-espa%C3%B1ol-lengua-viva-2014.pdf〕 In these countries and territories, Spanish is the main or only language of communication of the vast majority of the population; official documents are written chiefly or solely in that language; and it is taught in schools and utilized as the primary medium of instruction as part of the official curriculum. a In Spain, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level, while the languages of Basque, Catalan/Valencian, and Galician are co-official alongside Spanish in certain sub-national regions. b In Peru, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level while Quechua and Aymara hold co-official status in selected regions. c In Ecuador, Spanish is the sole official language at the national level while the Kichwa language holds co-official status in selected regions. d In Bolivia, the national constitution recognizes Spanish and various indigenous languages of Bolivia as official at the national level, though Spanish is predominant nationwide. e In Paraguay, Spanish and the indigenous Guaraní language are recognized as co-official at the national level and both are widely used in society. f Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the U.S. where Spanish and English are the official languages〔 and Spanish is the primary language. In November 2008 a district court judge ruled that a sequence of Congressional actions have had the cumulative effect of changing Puerto Rico's status to incorporated.〔(Consejo de Salud Playa Ponce v. Johnny Rullan ), p.28: "The Congressional incorporation of Puerto Rico throughout the past century has extended the entire Constitution to the island ...."〕 However, by April 2011 the issue had not yet made its way through the courts,〔Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi, "The Insular Cases: A Comparative Historical Study of Puerto Rico, Hawai'i, and the Philippines", ''The Federal Lawyer'', March/April 2011. http://www.aspira.org/files/legal_opinion_on_pr_insular_cases.pdf p. 25: "In light of the (Court ) ruling in ''Boumediene'', in the future the Supreme Court will be called upon to reexamine the Insular Cases doctrine as applied to Puerto Rico and other US territories."〕 and in January 2013 the U.S. government still referred to Puerto Rico as unincorporated.〔(accessed 26 January 2013 ): "Puerto Rico is a self-governing, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Caribbean".〕 g In Equatorial Guinea, the Spanish, French, and Portuguese languages all hold official status at the national level, though Spanish is the primary language in the public sphere and several Bantu languages are used at home and family settings. 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「List of countries where Spanish is an official language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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