Some Interesting Facts about Spanish

Spanish is the official language in 21 countries around the world.

Besides, according to the number of native speakers, it is the 2^nd most spoken language in the world. There are over 500 million native speakers of the Spanish language!

Spanish is the fourth most spoken language in the world by total speakers.

Even though there are several Spanish variants with similarities and differences, the most important ones are:

European Spanish (Castilian): It is the variant spoken in Spain.

Latin American Spanish (LATAM): It is spoken in Central & South America.

In these two variants, there are some differences in pronunciation, vocabulary (and slang words), and different pronouns and verb endings.

US Spanish: In the United States, Spanish is the second most popular language, since about 13% of the total population of the United States (around 40 million people) speak Spanish. This Spanish variant differs from the others, since it has adopted some English rules, namely the use of the Imperial or British measurement system and different numeric formats.

If you are considering to expand internationally, you should definitely include Spanish-speaking markets, since it consists of a huge population that, most probably, will need the services or products you offer.

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