In addition, Spanish is also used in Andorra, Belize, Canada, Gibraltar, Israel, Morocco, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Western Sahara.
In Spain, the most widely spoken and dominant language is Spanish, and essentially every Spaniard speaks Spanish as their mother tongue or second language. In 2005, 89% of Spaniards spoke Spanish as their mother tongue, 9% spoke Catalan, while Galician and Basque had 5% and 1% mother tongue speakers, respectively. Due to 3% of the population being bilingual, the above percentages add up to more than 100%.
There are many different dialects of Spanish in Spain and Latin America, with the Castilian dialect from northern Spain typically considered the standard pronunciation of Spanish. In the Americas, the first Spaniards brought their regional dialects, and today, distinct dialectal accents can still be found in various places across the Americas.