• If you speak Spanish, you can communicate with almost 500 million people worldwide!
• Spanish is the world's third most spoken language, after Mandarin Chinese and English, and ranks second in terms of native speakers.
• Because Spanish is the most important communication tool if you are in a Hispanic country. Spanish is the mother tongue of approximately 350 million people in 21 countries (Bolivia: 5, 5 million, Mexico: 98 million, Spain: 39 million, USA: 39 million, Argentina: 35 million, Colombia: 36 million, Venezuela: 22 million, Peru: 20 million…) It is also widely spoken in many more where it is not an official language.
• Spanish is the second most used language in international communication, and an official language of the UN and its organisations.
• If you want to visit Latin America or Spain, Spanish facilitates an interaction with people, music, culture, art, business, studies, work, tourism, trips and more.
• 29 million US residents above the age of 5 speak Spanish at home. That's approximately 1 of every 10 US residents, an enormous consumer and business-to-business market.
• The US Census Bureau reports that the nation's Hispanic population is expected to jump to 49.3 million from 38.2 million by 2015. The 39 million Hispanics currently living in the USA make up 12.5% of the total population. This population growth has increased demand for Spanish language media: radio, television, newspapers, magazines...
• Latin American countries are experiencing strong economic growth and becoming important global commercial partners. MERCOSUR and the existing free trade agreements between Hispanic countries and North America (ALADI, the Andean Community, CACM, NAFTA, G3), are expected to bring further growth to Latin American economies.
• More and more companies value employees with a knowledge of Spanish.
• Spanish opens many doors towards a deeper understanding of customs.
• Spanish is uniting more people in the world every day.
• Spanish can play a major role in your own personal development.
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