Cuba
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Catalan
[cat] Users: 3,500 in Cuba (2004). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, East Iberian.
Cuban Sign Language
[csf] Scattered. Users: 34,000 (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 22,000–45,000 deaf signers, assuming 0.2%–0.4% of the total population. Other estimates vary: 19,000 users (Garau Cordovés 2012); 23,600 (2008 WFD); 109,000 deaf (2019 IMB). Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: Cuba Sign Language, LSC, LSCu, Lengua de señas cubana, Lengua de señas cubanas. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Lucumi
[luq] Scattered. Users: No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: No ethnic community. Status: 9 (Second language only). Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Defoid, Yoruboid, Edekiri.
Spanish
[spa] Users: 11,122,800 in Cuba, all users. L1 users: 11,100,000 in Cuba (2018). L2 users: 22,800 (Instituto Cervantes 2019). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1992, Constitution, Article 2). Alternate Names: Español. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.