What does Article 3 of the Constitution establish about Castilian?
Sources: 1 link, read on 22 October 2026.
Constitución Española (BOE, texto consolidado), read on 22 October 2026.
Answer: It is the official Spanish language of the State and all Spaniards must know it. Article 3 adds that all Spaniards have the duty to know it and the right to use it.
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Task 1 · Government, institutions and legislation Related to question 1033 of the manual
The question in Spanish
¿Qué establece el artículo 3 de la Constitución sobre el castellano?
The options
- AIt is a language that only the inhabitants of communities with no language of their own must knowEs una lengua que solo deben conocer los habitantes de comunidades sin lengua propia
- BIt is official only in the autonomous communities that have no other languageEs oficial únicamente en las comunidades autónomas que no tienen otra lengua
- CIt is the official Spanish language of the State and all Spaniards must know itEs la lengua española oficial del Estado y todos los españoles deben conocerloCorrect
What the source says
«1. El castellano es la lengua española oficial del Estado. Todos los españoles tienen el deber de conocerla y el derecho a usarla.»
Source: Constitución Española (BOE, texto consolidado), read on 22 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the source prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours.
About number 1033
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