There are 14 countries that have Spanish as an official language, six that have it as the primary language and Puerto Rico has it as an official de facto language, but also shares English as the official language.
Spanish is an official language only in these 14 countries:
1. Bolivia
2. Colombia
3. Costa Rica
4. Cuba
5. Ecuador
6. El Salvador
7. Equatorial Guinea (with French)
8. Guatemala
9. Honduras
10. Panama
11. Paraguay
12. Peru
13. Spain14. México
15 Venezuela
* In Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the US, both Spanish and English are official languages.
There are There are actually 20 countries that really have Spanish as their national language.
ho Sometimes, however, there are others which are listed as speaking Spanish; like Equatorial
Guinea, Andorra,
There a or even the United States, etc. As far as I am concerned, these other inclusions are inaccurate
because other languages are spoken there also, not simply Spanish; in the case of Equatorial
Africa there are three national languages as their official languages: Spanish, French, and
Portuguese. So, that's why I give the list reference below.
Go to: http:/www.braser.com/spanish-information/spanish-speaking-countries.html
There are only 21 countries with Spanish as their official language and they are:
Argentina
Capital: Buenos Aires
Bolivia
Capital: Sucre
Chile
Capital: Santiago de Chile
Colombia
Capital: Bogotá
Costa Rica
Capital: San José
Cuba
Capital: Havana
Dominican Republic
Capital: Sto. Domingo
Ecuador
Capital: Quito
El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Capital: Malabo
Guatemala
Capital: Guatemala
Honduras
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Mexico
Capital: México Distrito Federal
Nicaragua
Capital: Managua
Panama
Capital: Panama
Paraguay
Capital: Asunción
Peru
Capital: Lima
Puerto Rico
Capital: San Juan
Spain
Capital: Madrid
Uruguay
Capital: Montevideo
Venezuela
Capital: Caracas
There are 9 countries in South America where the national language is Spanish. However, as with English in the US, some have not declared an "official" language.
The 6 countries where Spanish has been declared the official language:
Bolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Venezuela
The 3 countries where Spanish is the de facto national language, but is not established by law:
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
There are 4 states where other languages are official or predominate:
Brazil (Portuguese)
Suriname (Dutch)
Guyana (English)
French Guiana, politically part of France (French)
Brazil is one exception, they speak Portuguese there. The Guyanas speak English and French and Suriname speaks Dutch. Every other country in south America speak Spanish as their first language.
Alphabetical list of countries in South America that speak Spanish as their first language:
Countries that do not speak Spanish as their first language:
List of dependent territories in South America (none of which speak Spanish as their first language):
All countries in South and Central America speak Spanish with the exception of Brazil, Belize, Surinam, French Guyana, and the Falkland Islands.
BRAZILBrazilSurinameFrench GuianaGuyanaThe Falkland Islands
Most South American countries speak Spanish. Brazil is the largest country in South America and Portuguese is their primary language. Making them the largest non Spanish language group in South America
No, it's not. I don't know much about South American countries, but in Spain they speak mostly Castilian (castellano) Spanish; however, there are some regions where they speak a different language. For exmaple, in Cataluña (where Barcelona is) you can hear Catalán. Or in the Basque Country they speak Basque.
Brazil (Portuguese), Suriname (Dutch) and French Guiana (French). Of course, Spanish is spoken in these countries, but it is not an official or majority language.
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In Spain or in all countries in South America. In Spain or in all countries in South America.
The following South American countries speak Spanish: Argentina Bolivia Chile Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
The following South American countries do not speak Spanish:BrazilSurinameFrench GuianaThe Falkland IslandsThese countries do not speak spanish because they were never colonies of Spain.
Brazil
Colombia and Chile
The following South American countries do not speak Spanish:BrazilSurinameFrench GuianaThe Falkland IslandsAll of the rest speak Spanish:ArgentinaColombiaChileParaguayPeruUruguayVenezuela
Because the Spanish controlled much of South America at one time, so many countries in south America, including Ecuador, speak Spanish.
BRAZILBrazilSurinameFrench GuianaGuyanaThe Falkland Islands
Spanish is spoken in most countries in Latin America, including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
Spanish is spoken in South American countries due to the region's history of colonization by Spain. Brazil, on the other hand, was colonized by Portugal, which is why Portuguese is the official language spoken in the country.
Some countries outside of South America where Spanish is spoken include Spain, Mexico, the United States, and the Philippines. Spanish is also spoken in various countries in the Caribbean region, such as Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.
The cities that's peak Spanish as their first language in South America are Venezeula, Columbia, Ecaudor, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay,Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile. There are 9 spanish speaking countries in South America