Spanish the-language-of-the-future

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Millions of peoplethink that Spanishopens the doors tothe future.


• Spanish isspoken by more than 450 millionpeople, as native, second orforeignlanguage.


It is the second mostspoken native languageworldwide and thesecond language ofinternationalcommunication.


LANGUAGE MILLIONS OF SPEAKERS• Chinese 1.213• Spanish 329• English 328• Arabic 221• Hindi 182• Bengali 181• Portuguese 178• Russian 144• Japanese 122


• In 2030, 7,5% of theworld’s population willspeak Spanish (535 millionpeople), percentage thatstands out above Russian(2,2%), French (1,4%) andGerman (1,2%).


If the tendency staysthe same, in three orfour generations, 10% of the world’ s population willcommunicate in Spanish.


• In 2050, the United States will be the biggest Spanish speakingcountry in the world. Hispanicpeople will be 132,8 million in 2050, almost triple of the present46,7 million. One American citizenout of three will be Hispanic.


• 16% of the EU citizensconsider Spanish one of themost useful languages, apartfrom their mother tongue.


This perception of the usefulnessof the language has not changedover the years. Since 1998, it isalways been equal or superior to15%. This does not happen, forinstance, with French, theperception of the usefulness ofwhich has decreasedconsiderabily from 2001.


• Some numbers about thepercentage of students ofSpanish in schools in theEuropean Union: Denmark (27,9%)France (62,4%) Sweden (40,6%)


• Spain is the EU country that receives more Erasmus students:

17% of the studentsthat apply for thesescholarships.


Spanish is the third more la used language in theInternet after English andChinese.


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