Equatoguinean Spanish

Equatoguinean Spanish
Español ecuatoguineano
Pronunciation[espaˈɲol ekwatoɣineˈano]
Native speakers
Unknown.
1.1 million total speakers. (2010)
Early forms
Latin (Spanish alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 Equatorial Guinea
Regulated byAcademia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologspan1270
IETFes-GQ

Equatoguinean Spanish (Spanish: Español ecuatoguineano) is the variety of Spanish spoken in Equatorial Guinea. This is the only Spanish variety that holds national official status in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is regulated by the Equatoguinean Academy of the Spanish Language and is spoken by about 90% of the population, estimated at 1,170,308 for the year 2010 (though population figures for this country are highly dubious), all of them second-language speakers.