Hispanophone
Native Spanish tongue speaker
Hispanophone describes someone who speaks Spanish as a native or primary language, or refers to regions where Spanish predominates: hispanophone countries, the hispanophone world.
The term parallels anglophone, francophone, and lusophone.
As a noun, a hispanophone is a Spanish speaker: Hispanophones make up the second-largest linguistic group in the Americas.
Latin American by heritage
- LatinxGender-neutral Hispanic identifier
- ChicanoMexican-American with activist heritage
- ChicanaMexican-American woman, culturally identified
- NuyoricanStateside Puerto Rican identity
Tejano · Afro-Latino · Galician · Catalan · Basque · Andalusian · Castilian · heritage
Language of Iberia
- CastilianSpain's official language
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- multilingualKnowing multiple languages
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
native-speaker · pronunciation · accent · dialect · vocabulary · grammar · acquisition · proficiency
Study of regional speech differences
- sociolinguisticsStudy of language variation
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
lexicon · etymology · bilingualism · code-switching · Spanglish
Latino
Latin American by heritage
- LatinxGender-neutral Hispanic identifier
- ChicanoMexican-American with activist heritage
- ChicanaMexican-American woman, culturally identified
Nuyorican · Tejano · Afro-Latino · Galician · Catalan · Basque · Andalusian · Castilian · heritage · diaspora
Spanish
Language of Iberia
- CastilianSpain's official language
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- multilingualKnowing multiple languages
fluency · native-speaker · pronunciation · accent · dialect · vocabulary · grammar · acquisition · proficiency · comprehension
dialectology
Study of regional speech differences
- sociolinguisticsStudy of language variation
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
semantics · lexicon · etymology · bilingualism · code-switching · Spanglish
flamenco
Rhythmic Spanish dance style
cumbia · reggaeton · paella · tapas · fiesta · siesta · quinceañera · telenovela · muralism · fútbol
Spain
Iberian Peninsula country
- MexicoNorth American southern nation
- ArgentinaSouthern cone republic
- ColombiaEquatorial South American republic
Peru · Chile · Cuba · Venezuela · Ecuador · Guatemala · Honduras · Bolivia · Paraguay · Uruguay
HispanophoneAnglophone
Person from English-speaking community
Francophone · English-speaking · Anglosphere · French-speaking · Portuguese-speaking
Hispanic, phone, phonic, phonics, phoneme, phonetic, phonetics, phonology, phonological