Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is an Iberian Romance language. It is the most widely spoken Romance language and is listed by different sources as the fourth, third or second most spoken language in the world. Spanish is spoken by 360 million people in countries where it is an official language (2005 data), by almost 32 million as first language where it is an unofficial language (28 million in the US [1], 2000 data) and by over 100 million people as second language. Currently (2006), almost 500 million people speak Spanish.
Originating in Castille (Spain), Spanish was brought by Spanish explorers, colonists and empire-builders to the Western Hemisphere and other parts of the world in the last five centuries. Spanish is one of six official working languages of the United Nations and one of the most used global languages, along with English, French, and Portuguese. It is spoken on all continents, most extensively in North and South America
I have no idea. Alot of americans think they are better than anybody else in the world. I hear ppl comment, "Ppl should learn english in America" Which, yes it's true. The reality is though there is over 11 million immigrants not including all the other ppl from other latin countries or places like Puerto Rico who get citizenship. Si if there is a large spanish population, What's wrong speaking both languages? I know both languages and I teach my children both languages. Since this is the country of freedom, then ppl should have the freedom to speak as many languages they want. Since spanish draws more ppl because there is more latin countries than just France, Italy or etc.... PPL LEARN SPANISH. I think ppl should just stop insulting other ppl. like us mexicans because not all are just maxicans who know spanish.
Example: Why should Brazilians stop talking spanish if there is spanish spoken down there? Is anyone complaining nope!!!
Surprisely, when I traveled to Cancun, mx... It's mostly english. I even get upset because it's not authentic....
But you know what I am not complaining, SO PPL need STOP with their whining.......
2006-06-12 09:05:33
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answered by rebelde_chula 2
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Holá amiga,
yo estoy Kiwi, y estudio Español. Lo siento, mi Español no esto bueno. I agree, gringos are lazy about learning other languages. I can speak French better than Spanish and I never considered French-speaking people rude, but most of my friends do. I only discovered why recently. I made an attempt to learn their language. Everybody planning to visit another country should, at the very least, learn a few useful phrases and a few elementary things about their culture, like bowing in Japan, not touching women in Moslem countries, or talking about crusades against terrorism there, touching a person's head in Thailand and not pointing the soles of your feet to people in several other cultures. Bueno suerte.
2006-06-07 20:13:42
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answered by zee_prime 6
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It's most likely insulting, considering they are no longer focusing on their marketplace by way of airing Spanish advertisements on English channels. What they are doing is alienating the character that is looking the channel to start with. This is not an issue of "option", considering I haven't any Co instrument kvetch the advertisements that air over the length of a exhibit and telling me to get off my "a** and move do whatever else" is asinine and conceited, considering I have a correct to an opinion and I even have the ability to be indignant, whether or not you love it or no longer. It makes most likely no experience to play a Spanish industrial on a channel being watched by way of individuals who fully grasp English; it is impolite, relatively and wholly needless. Even if anybody bilingual is looking, they would fully grasp the economic in English all of the identical, with out the thoughtless overlook to English-talking Americans. Subtle indoctrination. It's a unnecessary train, besides to situation individuals to receive it as average, slightly bit at a time. If you're a authorized immigrant or a start-correct citizen of an unlawful immigrant and your reaction is to inform English-talking American residents to manage it or recover from it, you could have a few nerve anticipating lodging for language boundaries, to show round and disregard me for no longer in need of to be deliberately not noted by way of approaches of needless language boundaries that serve no exact motive to the Spanish-talking group. It's disgusting to look at individuals act entitled, stressful appreciate and attention from the very identical individuals they are disrespectful and thoughtless to. How embarrassing.
2016-09-08 22:06:34
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answered by ? 4
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u mean americans do not want to learn SPANISH. i know americans that do learn spanish because they visit too much mexico, so not everybody is like u think
2006-06-07 18:43:15
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answered by chiquika 3
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confusion not understanding the culture people not caring enough to learn
2006-06-07 18:43:54
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answered by Anonymous
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You're talkin' crazy.
2006-06-07 18:40:22
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answered by o0o_scandalous 3
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