The Castilian-derivedSpanish (called both español andcastellanointhelanguage itself) istheofficiallanguagethroughout Spain, butother regional languages are also spoken.
The whistled language of La Gomera Island in the Canaries, the Silbo Gomero, replicates the islanders' habitual language (Castilian Spanish) with whistling.
As part of a new law to promote Catalan instead of CastilianSpanish, Mr Pujol has been trying to make cinemas show at least a quarter of their films in Catalan.