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12 Fun Facts About The Spanish Language
Date : 28/05/2016
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- With 405 million native speakers, Spanish is the second most commonly spoken #59;language #59;in the world, after only Mandarin Chinese. #59;–; Source: Wikipedia
- Spanish is an official language of the UN, the European Union, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations. -Source : Wikipedia
- Over the last 10 years, the worldwide demand for Spanish Language courses has almost doubled. -Source: U of Illinois, Springfield.
- Spanish is the most popular foreign language to learn #59;in the U.S., #59;Europe and Canada. -Source: Wikipedia
- Studies have shown that students with 2 years of studying Spanish or other foreign language score higher on their verbal scores on the ACT/SAT. -Source: #59;Actfl.org
- Spanish is one of the world’;s most phonetic languages. If you know how a word is spelled, you almost always know how it is pronounced. -Source: #59;One Month Spanish
- Spanish’;s #59;use of #59;use of inverted question marks and exclamation points (¿; and¡;) is unique #59;among major languages. #59;-Source: About.com
- The official Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (DRAE) contains 88,431 words.
–;Source: DRAE 22nd edition - The average native Spanish speaker uses about 7,000 words. #59;–;Source: ABC.es
- The country with the largest population of Spanish speakers is Mexico with 114 million. #59;The country with the second largest population is the United States with 50 #59;million (more than Spain). #59;-Source: Wikipedia
- After Latin, the language that has had the biggest influence on Spanish is Arabic. #59;Source: About.com.
- Countries from Central America (except El Salvador) use the term españ;ol to refer to Spanish, while most countries from South America use the term castellano. #59;-Source: Wikipedia.
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