| Spanish is the official language of
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| | Latin America. As a matter of fact, Latin
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| Spain. However, since the Spanish
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| | Americans use it to differentiate their
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| language is being spoken in 43 other
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| | own variety of Spanish as opposed to the
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| countries, this shows how widely popular
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| | variety of Spanish spoken in Spain, or
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| the Spanish language is. The language is
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| | vice-versa.
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| spoken most extensively in both Americas,
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| | Different variations of the Spanish
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| Spain and to a small extent in Africa and
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| | language are being spoken in various
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| Pacific Asia. It is also the second most
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| | regions of Spain and throughout
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| widely spoken language in the United
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| | Spanish-speaking America. Pronunciation
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| States and by far the most popular
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| | following the Castilian dialect is
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| studied foreign language in U.S. schools
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| | regarded as the national standard in
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| and Universities.
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| | Spain. Or, simply put, with standard
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| Spanish had its first origins as a Latin
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| | Spanish they mean pronouncing it as it is
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| dialect in Northern Spain. It eventually
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| | written.
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| became the Spain's principal language. It
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| | On the other hand, various regions around
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| was then spread by explorers around the
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| | the world that speak Spanish have spawned
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| world. Spanish is now spoken by nearly
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| | different meanings of the same words.
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| 400 million native speakers making
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| | Same words can have different meaning,
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| Spanish the most spoken language and
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| | even embarrassingly so, in different
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| possibly the second most spoken language
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| | Spanish speaking countries. Most native
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| by number of native speakers.
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| | Spanish speakers can recognize other
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| In America, Spanish is the most popular
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| | Spanish forms, even in places where they
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| foreign language spoken as well as
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| | are not commonly used. However, for a
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| studied at schools and universities.
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| | person who is learning Spanish as a
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| Spanish is also being recognized on a
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| | second language, sometimes the different
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| more global scale in other areas such as
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| | meanings of Spanish words can be very
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| film, TV, music and literature. At the
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| | confusing if not familiar with other
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| United Nations, it is one of six official
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| | Spanish forms.
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| working languages.
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| | For example, in Mexico, 'taco' is food,
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| Because of Arabic influences, Spanish and
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| | while in Spain it means swear word. The
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| Portuguese have many grammatical and
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| | everyday Spanish words 'coger' (to catch,
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| vocabulary similarities. Another language
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| | get, or pick up) and 'pisar' (to step on)
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| that Spanish shares many similarities
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| | are considered extremely rude in parts of
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| with is Italian. For that reason it is
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| | Latin America, where the meaning of
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| usually relatively easy for speakers of
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| | 'coger' and 'pisar' is also "to have
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| Spanish and Italian to communicate.
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| | sex."
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| Between the 16th and the 18th century,
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| | Other than the different forms of many
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| Spanish was the main language across many
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| | Spanish words, when speaking Spanish, it
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| parts of Europe. By the 18th century it
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| | is important to know where to place the
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| was replaced by French. From the 20th
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| | stress on words. Different stress
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| century Spanish was also taken to areas
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| | patterns of the same word can result in
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| such as Equatorial Guinea and Western
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| | totally different meanings for one and
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| Sahara.
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| | the same word. Take for instance the word
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| The country with the largest Spanish
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| | 'practico'. When the stress is placed on
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| speaking population is Mexico, where
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| | the first syllable [pronounced
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| around 106 million people speak it. Other
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| | PRAHK-tee-koh], it means "practical."
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| countries with the next largest Spanish
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| | When the stress is placed on the second
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| speaking populations are Colombia, Spain
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| | syllable [pronounced prahk-TEE-koh], it
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| and Argentina. Spanish is also recognized
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| | means "I practice." When the stress is
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| as the official language of 20
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| | placed on the third syllable [pronounced
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| independent countries. Because of trading
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| | prahk-tee-KOH], it means "you (formal)/he
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| with their Spanish-speaking neighbors,
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| | she/it practiced."
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| Brazil is also recognizing Spanish as an
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| | Spanish is an extremely interesting
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| important language.
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| | language, becoming more interesting the
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| Spanish people tend to call their
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| | more you learn it. Learning Spanish would
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| language español when comparing it with
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| | open the door to a rapidly growing
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| foreign languages, such as French and
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| | culture in the United States as well as
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| English. But when comparing it to other
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| | broaden your personal and professional
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| languages spoken in Spain (Basque,
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| | future. Other than making you very
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| Catalan and Galician) they call it
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| | marketable in the job search, learning
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| castellano i.e. Castilian, the language
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| | Spanish will make travel to the Spanish
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| of the Castile region. The name
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| | speaking countries, such as Mexico and
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| castellano is widely used as a whole in
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| | Spain, easier and much more enjoyable.
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