Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a global language with about 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 600 million speakers including second language speakers. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries, as well as one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Spanish is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language. The country with the largest population of native speakers is Mexico.
Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe Today it is a global language with about 500 million native speakers mainly in the Americas and Spain and about 600 million speakers including second language speakers Spanish is the official language of 20 countries as well as one of the six official languages of the United Nations Spanish is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English Mandarin Chinese and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language The country with the largest population of native speakers is Mexico