Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world; more than
266 million people speak Spanish as a native language.
Spanish is the official language in 22 countries.
Spanish is one of the most important languages in international
political meetings.
Spanish is an official language in the E.U., UNESCO, U.N.O., GATT,
ONUDI & U.I.T.
There are more than 16.429 publications in Spanish; 254 television
channels and 5.112 radio stations.
There are more than 30 million Spanish speakers in the USA.
Spanish is also one of the most frequent languages used to do businesses.
Every year more than 55 million tourists visit Spain. The ability
to speak Spanish enlarges the opportunity of enjoying everything that our
country offers.
The demand to learn Spanish has doubled in the last 10 years. In
15 years there will be 500 million Spanish speakers in the world and more
than 800 million people living in Latin America which means more than 8% of
the world population.
Many masterpieces of universal literature are written in Spanish:
Don Quijote de la Mancha, La Celestina, La casa de Bernarda Alba, Cien años
de Soledad, etc.
Around 1000 Spanish words have been incorporated in other languages
such as French & English.
