what are the main languages spoken in spain?
Spanish Language
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 Spanish politics , especially on the left , were quite fragmented , since socialists and communists supported the republic . During the republic , anarchists had mixed opinions , but major groups opposed the Nationalists during the Civil War . The Conservatives , in contrast , were united by their fervent opposition to the Republican government and presented a more unified front . 

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 After the decentralization of political power in late antiquity , Latin developed locally into branches that became the Romance languages , such as Spanish , Portuguese , French , Italian and Romanian , and a large number of minor languages and dialects . Today , more than 900 million people are native speakers worldwide . 

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 In Spain from 1808 @-@ 1814 the Spanish War of Independence took place amidst a multi @-@ cultural Spain . Spain , at the time , was under the control of King Joseph , who was Napoleon I of France 's brother . Because the nation was under the control of French rule , the Spanish formed coalitions of ethnic groups to reclaim their own political representation , instead of the current French political system in power . 

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 This impasse was resolved through negotiations between the juntas and the Council of Castile , which led to the creation of a " Supreme Central and Governmental Junta of Spain and the Indies " on September 25 , 1808 . It was agreed that the traditional kingdoms of the peninsula would send two representatives to this Central Junta , and that the overseas kingdoms would send one representative each . These " kingdoms " were defined as " the viceroyalties of New Spain , Peru , New Granada , and Buenos Aires , and the independent captaincies general of the island of Cuba , Puerto Rico , Guatemala , Chile , Province of Venezuela , and the Philippines . " 

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 The world 's languages can be grouped into language families consisting of languages that can be shown to have common ancestry . Linguists recognize many hundreds of language families , although some of them can possibly be grouped into larger units as more evidence becomes available and in @-@ depth studies are carried out . At present , there are also dozens of language isolates : languages that cannot be shown to be related to any other languages in the world . Among them are Basque , spoken in Europe , Zuni of New Mexico , Purépecha of Mexico , Ainu of Japan , Burushaski of Pakistan , and many others . 
