Spanish language - Wikipedia
WEBNotable minority language (less than 25% but more than 500,000 Spanish speakers) Spanish is the primary language in 20 countries worldwide. As of 2023, it is estimated that about 486 million people speak Spanish as a native language, making it the second most spoken language by number of native speakers. [29]
Spanish language | History, Speakers, & Dialects | Britannica
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Spanish language, Romance language (Indo-European family) spoken as a first language by some 360 million people worldwide. In the early 21st century, Mexico had the greatest number of speakers, followed by …
Spanish - Worldwide distribution - Worlddata.info
WEBSpanish is an official language in 22 countries and is partly spoken as a mother tongue in 14 other countries. The Spanish language (native name: Español) has its roots in the Indo-European language family. With 115.61 million native speakers, Spanish has the highest prevalence in Mexico.
Hispanic Map of the United States 2022 | ICH - Harvard University
WEBMar 16, 2023 · Abstract: This study will offer an overview of the situation of the Spanish language and the Hispanic population in the United States up to December 2022, covering areas such as demographics, language, identity, economics, education, politics, and …
Spanish in the World - Language Magazine
WEBNov 18, 2019 · For demographic reasons, the percentage of the world’s population that speaks Spanish as a native language is increasing, while the proportion of Chinese, English, and French speakers is decreasing. Now, 7.6% of the world population speaks Spanish (7.7% predicted in 2050).
Spanish Speakers Up 30%, Learners Up 60% - Language Magazine
WEBNov 16, 2020 · In the last decade, the number of Spanish speakers worldwide has increased by 30%, largely as a result of population growth in Latin America, and the number of learners of Spanish as a second language has grown by 60%, according to the 2020 edition of Spanish in the World, published by the Instituto Cervantes.
Spanish Grows to 500 million Native Speakers - Language …
WEBDec 29, 2022 · According to the newly-released Cervantes Institute’s 2022 yearbook Spanish in the World, the number of native Spanish speakers has risen to nearly 500 million (496.5 million—up about three million from last year) and if non-native speakers are added, the figure is 595 million—up by four million …
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WEBJun 2, 2024 · The Spanish-speaking population, especially that of Mexican and Central American origins, is expanding throughout the country; states like North Carolina and Georgia, whose Spanish language communities are relative newcomers to the region, lead the way nationally in Spanish-language growth rates.
Spanish, a Growing Global Language | ICH - Harvard University
WEBAccording to the Anuario del Instituto Cervantes de 2023, almost 500 million people speak Spanish as their mother tongue, it is the second language in the world by number of native speakers and the fourth one in total; and more than 23 million people study Spanish as a foreign language.
WEBHispanic population growth, but their dominant language is English. 91% of U.S.-born Hispanic people report that they speak English with greater fluency. In any case, Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the United