Spanish is the second most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese in the world.
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Spanish has 496 million native speakers and 595 million total speakers - Cervantes Institute.
Spanish has the third highest amount of internet users by language.
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Spanish is the second most spoken language in the United States, after English.
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By 2050, 1 in 3 people will speak Spanish in the US.
The US ranks second in the world for most Spanish speakers.
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Spain contains the largest population of Spanish speakers.
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Mexico is first with 130 million followed by US with 50 million.
Spanish originated in Latin America.
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Spanish was born in Spain.
All Spanish-speaking countries are located only in Latin America and Europe.
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Spanish is spoken in other continents such as Africa. How many Spanish-speaking countries are there?
The Spanish spoken in Spain is more important.
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Every Spanish dialect is important. How do they differ?
Spanish comes from Arabic language.
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Even though Arabic language has influenced Spanish, its origin comes from Latin as other languages such as Portuguese, French, Italian, etc.
Spanish and English have a lot of very similar words.
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Both languages share a significant number of words with Latin roots. These words, also known as cognates, are similar or identical in form and meaning.
There are more people that speak Spanish than the number of Hispanic people in the US.
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Not all Hispanic people necessarily speak Spanish.
Many cities and geographical names in the US have Spanish names.
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Learning Spanish or another language can boost your brain power.
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Learning Spanish as a child is more difficult than learning Spanish as an adult.
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Children have certain environmental advantages when it comes to learning languages that most adults don't have.
Many U.S colleges or universities require students to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language as part of their graduation requirements.
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At least 2 years of a foreign language such as Spanish is required to graduate.