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1. Spain Facts
2. Language Background
3. Verbal Communication in Spain
4. Non-verbal Communication in Spain
5. Traditions and Culture
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 When you hear
the word Spain
what comes up
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FACTS ABOUT SPAIN
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 MONEY
EURO
1 Euro =
57.10 Philippine
peso
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 FLAG
There is no specific
meaning for the
colors used in the
flag.
The symbols is
based on 7

kingdoms.
 LARGEST
CITY:
Madrid is Spain’s
largest city and is
also its financial
and cultural center,
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hundreds of years.
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 SIESTA
TIME
Spaniards are know as
the most laid-back
people in the world.
Siestas are afternoon
naps, between 1pm to
5pm. In siesta time
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give time for lunch and 9

siesta time.
 SOCCER
Many Spanish
people are
soccer fans. The
top soccer clubs
are: Real Madrid
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LANGUAGE
- The Spanish language is
considered as the 2nd most
spoken language in the
world after Mandarin
Chinese and it’s growing
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language in the world.

Language Background
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There are 4 different
languages in Spain:

1. “Castellano” (Castilian) or
Spanish
- Castellano is considered to be the official
language of the nation/Spain and is practiced
everywhere. Aside from Spain, it is spoken in
many South American countries such as
Mexico, Chile, Peru, Cuba and others. It is the
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most important language between the all the
languages in Spain.
 There are 4 different
languages in Spain:

2. Catalán” (Catalan)
- Catalan is spoken in Catalonia, mainly
belongs to the eastern coast of the territory.

Places: Barcelona, Valencia, the Balearic

Islands and Andorra.

In its development, the language was 14

influenced by Italian and French.

 There are 4 different
languages in Spain:
3. “Gallego” (Galician)
- In the north-western region of Galicia
residents speak “Gallego”. This language is
very similar to Portuguese. Galicia extends
to the border with Portugal and its cities
such as the Galician capital, the famous
place of pilgrimage “Santiago de 15

Compostela” one encounters Gallego.

 There are 4 different
languages in Spain:

4. Euskera (Basque)
- In the Spanish-French border area lying Basque
country speaks the so-called “Euskera”.
This language has nothing to do with the Spanish
language and there are no similarities with other
Romance languages.
It is the oldest spoken language in Europe!
Accordingly, only a small proportion of the Basque
population speaks Spanish (about 800,000). The
conservation of this language has been and will 16
always be an important aspect in the fight for
Basque autonomy.
 Spanish Alphabet

•The Spanish alphabet has 27

letters. The Spanish languages
have the same letters like the
English alphabet, however it has
one additional letter which is the
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 Spanish Alphabet
A: a M: eme X: equis
N ene Y: ye
B: be Z: zeta
Ñ: eñe
C: ce
O: o
D: de
P: pe
E: e Q: cu
F: efe R: ere
G: ge (or erre)
H: hache S: ese
I: i T: te
U: u
J: jota
V: uve
K: ka W: uve doble,
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L: ele doble ve
 Spanish Alphabet
• Note: The Spanish
alphabet used to have 29
letters but Ch, ll, and rr
was removed in 2010. In
2010, the spanish
pronunciation of Y was
also changed into “ey”.
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Verbal Communication in Spain
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 Verbal Communication
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• Silence: - Consider that Spaniards can

struggle to stay quiet for long durations of
time.

• Inverted Question Marks: - In the

Spanish and Catalan languages, questions
are written with an inverted (or upside-
down) question mark at the beginning of
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the sentence. For example: ¿Cuántos años
tienes? (How old are you?).
 Verbal Communication
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• Interruption & Volume: - It is

common and acceptable for friends
to interrupt and talk over one another
as people get excited about
conversation.

• Swearing: - Swearing is common

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and generally acceptable among
friends.
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• Humour: - Spaniards love to joke

throughout conversation. People
often have many funny stories that
they are prepared to tell to liven up a
room.

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Non-Verbal Communication in
Spain
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 Non-Verbal
Communication
in Spain
• Personal Space:
Spaniards generally
keep about half a metre
of personal space from
one another.
• Physical Contact: The
Spanish tend to be quite
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with physical touch.
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 Non-Verbal
Communication
in Spain
• Body Language: Spaniards
may gesticulate more in
general conversation. They
tend to be quite demonstrative
with their expressions, using
their hands to emphasize their
points.

• Pointing: Avoid directly

pointing at people with the
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considered rude.
Traditions and Culture
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 Traditions and Culture
• Spanish culture and traditions are also
conveyed by the traditional music and dances
that the Spanish do not hesitate to highlight
during the many cultural events.
• Flamenco – the Dance of Spain

• Religious festivals also occupy an important

place in the life of the Spaniards who do not
hesitate to organize, every year, all kinds of
religious cults, such as the feast of Saint 28

Fermin or the Holy Week of Palencia.

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 Traditions and Culture
• Spanish families have traditionally been
tight-knit.

• Catholicism has had a longstanding

influence on the culture and society of
Spain since it became the official religion in
589. There is a church in almost every
neighborhood and town in Spain, and
Christian artefacts are visible throughout 30

the country.
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