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.<\/p>\n
Over the past 1,000 years, the language expanded south to the\u00a0<\/span>Mediterranean Sea, and was later transferred to the\u00a0<\/span>Spanish colonial empire, most notably to the\u00a0<\/span>Americas. Today it is the\u00a0<\/span>official language of 20 countries, as well as an official language of\u00a0<\/span>numerous international organizations, including the\u00a0<\/span>United Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n Here are 5 other interesting facts about the Spanish language, that you may not know:<\/p>\n 1. Spanish language is widely spoken across the world<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n With 470\u00a0million native\u00a0speakers (560 million total speakers), Spanish ranks\u00a0as the World’s No. 2 language as far as the\u00a0number\u00a0of individuals speak it as their first language. It is somewhat in front of English (400 million), yet a long\u00a0ways behind Mandarin Chinese (1.2 billion). Roughly 100 million individuals communicate in Spanish as a\u00a0second language.<\/p>\n Spanish has no less than 3 million local speakers each in 44 nations, making it the fourth generally\u00a0geologically broadly talked dialect behind English (112 nations), French (60) and Arabic (57).<\/p>\n 2. Spanish is the most phonetic language<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Spanish is one of the World’s most phonetic languages. On the off chance that you know how a word is\u00a0spelled, you can quite often know how it is pronounced.<\/p>\n 3. Spanish is a mix of both Latin and Arabic<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Spanish and English share quite a bit of their vocabulary through cognates, as both languages determine\u00a0a hefty portion of their words from Latin and Arabic.<\/p>\n After Latin, the language that has had the greatest impact on Spanish is Arabic. Today, the outside\u00a0language applying the most impact is English, and Spanish has received many English words identified\u00a0with innovation and society.<\/p>\n 4. Spanish is an official language of the UN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Today Spanish is an official language of the UN and its establishments, the European Union and other\u00a0universal associations.<\/p>\n