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t. e. Spanish is the second most spoken language in the United States. Over 42 million people aged five or older speak Spanish at home. [1] . Spanish is also the most learned language other than English, [3] with about 8 million students. Estimates count up to 57 million native speakers, heritage language speakers, and second-language speakers.
As regards the US, it is reckoned that in 2060 it will be the second largest Spanish-speaking country in the world, right after Mexico. To learn more, see below the latest Hispanic Map of the United States elaborated by the Observatory, along with other recent issues on the Spanish language of our series.
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- The First European Language Spoken on U.S. Territory
- California’s First Constitution Was Published in English and Spanish
- Six U.S. State Names Have Spanish-Language Origins
- There Are Many Different Spanish Dialects Throughout The U.S.
- Some Spanish Language Songs Like “Despacito” Have Been Huge Hits
- “Spanglish” Is Often Used by Second-Generation Latinos
- By 2050, The U.S. Could Have The Most Spanish Speakers of Any Country
During the 2016 presidential campaign, vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine stirred up controversy when he stated that Spanish was the first European language spoken on U.S. territory. But Kaine’s facts were correct. The Spanish language first arrived in what would become the U.S.in 1513, when the explorer Juan Ponce de León came ashore in present-d...
Until the Mexican-American war, a large part of California was Mexican territory. This means that well into the 19th century there was a huge population of Spanish speakers in the territory. So, when California drafted its first constitution in 1849, they wrote it in both English and Spanish. They even designated an “official translator” for the jo...
Given the long history of Spanish speakers in United States territory, it’s not surprising that several U.S. states adopted names derived from Spanish. A Mental Floss article identifies six statesthat have Spanish-derived names: 1. Arizona: Scholars aren’t clear on exactly where the name Arizona comes from. Some maintain that it’s from the Basque a...
If you’ve lived or traveled in the U.S., you’ve surely noticed the many different English dialectsthat exist within the country. Northeastern English, for example, has totally different slang than the English in the Deep South or the Midwest. But did you know that the same is true of Spanish in the U.S.? The Spanish spoken across the country varies...
Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve undoubtedly heard the wildly popular song “Despacito,” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. “Despacito” became the most-streamed song of all timeand a remix featuring Justin Bieber generated popularity in the U.S. In May 2017, “Despacito” reached the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first ...
“Spanglish” refers to the mixing of English and Spanish by bilingual people. Spanglish takes many forms, such as the insertion of Spanish phrases into English speechor the use of Anglicisms or English loan-words in Spanish speech. According to a study by the Pew Research Center, nearly 60 percent of young second-generation Hispanic Americans in the...
The Spanish-speaking population in the U.S. is on the rise. This is partially due to an influx of Spanish-speaking immigrants from central and south America, and partially due to the prevalence of Spanish-language education in U.S. primary and secondary schools. As of 2015, the U.S. had 41 million native Spanish speakers, plus 11.6 million bilingua...
In 2023, Spanish speakers made up about three-fifths of all foreign language speakers in the United States. In 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau published information on the number of speakers of some 350 languages as surveyed by the ACS from 2009 to 2013, [9] [10] but it does not regularly tabulate and report data for that many languages.
The Hispanic population is the largest minority group in the United States. So it is not surprising Spanish was the most common non-English language spoken in U.S. homes (62%) in 2019 – 12 times greater than the next four most common languages.
5 de set. de 2013 · What is the future of Spanish in the United States? By Mark Hugo Lopez and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera. With more than 37 million speakers, Spanish is by far the most spoken non-English language in the U.S. today among people ages 5 and older.
23 de ago. de 2017 · Drawing on a critical mass of native speakers, the United States now has by some counts more than 50 million hispanohablantes, a greater number of Spanish speakers than Spain. In an English...
