Did You Know?
- The complete English vocabulary consists of almost one million words, yet only 3,000 words make up 95 percent of all verbal expression.
- The ten most spoken languages in the world are:
- Mandarin
- English
- Spanish
- Russian
- Hindi
- Arabic
- Portuguese
- Bengali
- German
- Japanese
- When we think of Spanish speaking countries, we usually think of Spain & South America, but we leave out Guinea Equatorial, which is located on the West coast of Africa with a population of half a million.
- The US has the 5th largest Spanish speaking population in the world. Only Mexico, Spain, Colombia and Argentina have more.
- The word Hispanics is a form of the word Hispania, which is the Latin name for Spain.
The Hispanic Market
- More than 11% of the U.S. population speaks Spanish at home.
- Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S., estimated to reach 15% in 2010.
- By 2009, Spanish speaking consumers will represent over 20% of all global gross spending.
- Spanish is currently the third most widely spoken language in the world and the official language of twenty-four countries.
- Over 450 million people speak Spanish throughout America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
|