Languages + Nationalities in Spanish ~ Idiomas y nacionalidades

As much as I would like to list every language and nationality in the world, it's simply not possible. Without meaning any offense to anyone whose country/language is not listed, here are some you should definitely know. :-)

* Nationalities, which are both adjectives and proper nouns, are not capitalized in Spanish. When feminine and/or plural, they follow the same agreement rules as other adjectives.

** This is just a guide. Obviously some languages have speakers in many countries, but here they are listed in the countries where they are primarily spoken. Note that the names of languages are masculine and not capitalized, and that, as in English, most are identical to the masculine adjective of their primary nationality (e.g., español = Spanish language and Spanish person).

*** This refers to anyone from either North or South America; to talk about someone from the United States, use estadounidense (learn more)

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