Languages in Spain

The following information is based on languages spoken in Spain as a native or learned language (adults). As with most surveys, we find the results entertaining as well as interesting.

• Spanish – 93.92%
• Catalan – 15.67%
• English – 11.7%
• French – 5.85%
• Galician – 5.64%
• Romanian – 2.78%
• Italian – 1.93%
• Portuguese – 1.55%
• Basque – 1.26%
• German – 1.22%
• Arabic – 0.73%
• Russian – 0.3%
• Bulgarian – 0.22%
• Czech – 0.22%
• Dutch – 0.21%
• Hungarian – 0.19%
• Polish – 0.12%
• Slovak – 0.1%
• Slovenian – 0.1%
• Japanese – 0.1%
• Swedish – 0.1%
• Finnish – 0.1%

Information based on 2012 Eurobarometer data

Elle Draper

Elle, along with Alan, is the owner of Spain Buddy and the busy web design business – Spain Web Design by Gandy-Draper.
Born a “Norverner”, she then spent most of her life “Dann Saff” before moving to Spain in 2006. Elle’s loves are Alan, the internet, dogs, good food, and dry white wine – although not necessarily in that order.