Significant minority language List of countries where Spanish is an official language

1 significant minority language

1.1 andorra
1.2 belize
1.3 gibraltar
1.4 united states

significant minority language

though not official language @ national level, spanish regularly spoken significant minority populations in each of nations , territories noted below. in each, public services , information available in spanish, various forms of printed , broadcast media.

andorra

the spanish language not official holds special status (in education system, media, , official documents) in principality of andorra share land borders spain.

belize

spanish has no official recognition in central american nation of belize, commonwealth realm english official national language. however, country shares land borders spanish-speaking mexico , guatemala and, per 2010 belizean census, spanish spoken sizable portion of population; 30% claim spanish mother tongue , 50% of population has working knowledge of language.

gibraltar

the spanish language not official holds special status (in education system, media, , official documents) in british overseas territory of gibraltar, share land borders spain.

united states

spanish has been spoken in united states several centuries in southwest , florida, once part of new spain. however, today tiny minority of spanish speakers in trace language times; overwhelming majority of speakers come recent immigration. in northern new mexico , southern colorado has spanish maintained speaking communities uninterruptedly since colonial times. spanish studied foreign language in united states schools , spoken native tongue 41 million people, plus additional 11 million fluent second-language speakers. though not official, spanish has special status education in u.s. state of new mexico. on 50 million native speakers , second language speakers, united states has second largest spanish-speaking population in world after mexico. spanish increasingly used alongside english nationwide in business , politics. in united states, language regulated north american academy of spanish language.