Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The main influence on the Spanish spoken in Equatorial Guinea seems to be the varieties spoken by native Spanish colonists. [5] In a different paper, however, Lipski notes that the phonotactics of African languages might have reinforced, in Caribbean Spanish, the consonant reduction that was already taking place in Spanish from Southern Spain. [6]
The Equatoguinean Academy of the Spanish Language (Spanish: Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española) is an association of academics and experts on the use of the Spanish language in Equatorial Guinea, a republic in Central Africa in which Spanish is the national official language.
Ñ-shaped animation showing flags of some countries and territories where Spanish is spoken. Spanish is the official language (either by law or de facto) in 20 sovereign states (including Equatorial Guinea, where it is official but not a native language), one dependent territory, and one partially recognized state, totaling around 442 million people.
Equatorial Guinea, [a] officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, [b] is a country on the west coast of Central Africa, with an area of 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea , its post-independence name refers to its location near both the Equator and in the African region of Guinea .
It is spoken on the Annobón and Bioko Islands off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, [2] mostly by people of mixed African, Portuguese and Spanish descent. It is called annobonense or annobonés in Spanish. The attitude in Equatorial Guinea towards this language is positive. It is taught in special courses in the capital city of Malabo. [3]
In a complaint lodged with Spain's High Court in 2020, the MLGE3R alleged that the four - two of whom were Spanish citizens - were sent to Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony, on a ...
Equatorial Guinea is the only Spanish-speaking country located entirely in Africa, with the language introduced during the Spanish colonial period. [54] Enshrined in the constitution as an official language (alongside French and Portuguese), Spanish features prominently in the Equatoguinean education system and is the primary language used in ...
Fang (/ ˈ f ɒ ŋ /) is a Central African language spoken by around one million people, most of them in Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabon, where it is the dominant Bantu language; Fang is also spoken in southern Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, and small fractions of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.