Status of the Irish language from 40,000 up to 80,000 people. Areas in which the language remains a vernacular are referred to as "Gaeltacht" areas. Irish is the least widely spoken among the 24 official languages of the European Union. The use of the language in the Irish diaspora has been declining steadily. Irish speakers outside the Gaeltacht include both second-language speakers and native speakers who were raised and educated through Irish. They are sometimes known as and constitute an expanding minority, though of uncertain size. They are predominantly urban dwellers. Present trends make it likely that they represent the future of the language and
Names given to the Spanish language language came from. For people who use that term, "castellano" may possibly imply greater correctness, as it sometimes does in Spain, or it may merely be an alien term, referring to a region in a far-off country. However, some Latin Americans prefer the term "castellano", especially in Argentina, Chile, and Peru. One reason for this is that many early Argentine settlers were Galician, for whom "castellano" had long been associated with the Spanish state in addition to Castile. Along with Basques or Catalans, Galicians might perceive the term "español" as imperialistic and misrepresenting the language of Castile as the language