Spanish language as we know it today, derived from a dialect of spoken latin that evolved in the north-central part of the Iberian Peninsula after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century.
Over the past 1,000 years, the language expanded south to the Mediterranean Sea, and was later transferred to the Spanish colonial empire, most notably to the Americas. Today it is the official language of 20 countries, as well as an official language of numerous international organizations, including the United Nations.
Here are 5 other interesting facts about the Spanish language, that you may not know:
1. Spanish language is widely spoken across the world
With 470 million native speakers (560 million total speakers), Spanish ranks as the World’s No. 2 language as far as the number of individuals speak it as their first language. It is somewhat in front of English (400 million), yet a long ways behind Mandarin Chinese (1.2 billion). Roughly 100 million individuals communicate in Spanish as a second language.
Spanish has no less than 3 million local speakers each in 44 nations, making it the fourth generally geologically broadly talked dialect behind English (112 nations), French (60) and Arabic (57).
2. Spanish is the most phonetic language
Spanish is one of the World’s most phonetic languages. On the off chance that you know how a word is spelled, you can quite often know how it is pronounced.
3. Spanish is a mix of both Latin and Arabic
Spanish and English share quite a bit of their vocabulary through cognates, as both languages determine a hefty portion of their words from Latin and Arabic.
After Latin, the language that has had the greatest impact on Spanish is Arabic. Today, the outside language applying the most impact is English, and Spanish has received many English words identified with innovation and society.
4. Spanish is an official language of the UN
Today Spanish is an official language of the UN and its establishments, the European Union and other universal associations.
5. The Spanish language is the most famous in terms language learning courses
Spanish is the most famous foreign language to learn in America and Europe. The interest for Spanish courses has multiplied worldwide in ten years. Spanish is relied upon to be the main language of half of the number of inhabitants in the United States inside 50 years.
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