Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Some Interesting Spanish Facts

So you're bored and wanna hear about some Spanish facts? Here are some stuff you may have not known!

* Spanish and English are in a battle for the second most spoken language in the world.

* Spanish is the official language of Guinea, making it the sole country in Africa with a Spanish presence.

* Almost 30% of Spanish inhabitants have a first language other than Spanish. Languages of Spain include Catalan, Galician and Basque (I personally, don't even know what those languages are)!

* The United States has the fifth largest Spanish speaking population in the world. Of them, 65% trace their roots to Mexico and 86% say that Spanish is their first language. This is a reason why you should consider learning Spanish.

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