Countries where Spanish is the Official Language

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Countries where Spanish is the Official Language

by Maria on August 20, 2010

in Spanish Language

Spanish is spoken by 500 million people all over the five continents, but how many countries have it as their official language?
Spanish is the official language of the following 20 countries (they can be seen in the map on the left. Click on it to enlarge it):

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Spanish Language in the US

by Maria on August 11, 2010

in Spanish Language

80 percent of the people taking our Spanish Course come from the US. Not surprising, given that Spanish is already the second most common language in the United States.
According to the 2007 American Community Survey, conducted by the US Census Bureau, Spanish is the first or second language of over 45 million people in the [...]

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Celebrating the Spanish Language

by Maria on June 23, 2010

in Spanish Language

Thousands of people studying Spanish all over the world joined the more than 350 million native Spanish speakers on June 19th to celebrate the Spanish language.
El día E (the Spanish Language Day) was established by the Instituto Cervantes two years ago, to commemorate and celebrate the relevance of Spanish as an international language.
As part of [...]

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