| More than 500 million people around the world use | | | | This difference was brought about by the colonization |
| Spanish as their local language. Aside from Spain, | | | | of the Americas, where the most recognizable |
| countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, | | | | influence is the use of native terms in Latin America |
| Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El | | | | and a different pronunciation as well. |
| Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, | | | | In terms of vocabulary, the Spanish language is |
| Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, | | | | basically of Latin origin, although there are big |
| and Venezuela also use the Spanish language as their | | | | difference with its counterparts like French and Italian. |
| official spoken language. In addition to these countries, it | | | | Some words in other Romance languages begin that |
| is also widely spoken in countries like Canada, | | | | with f, begins with h in Spanish. Another characteristic |
| Morocco, the Philippines, and the United States. | | | | of this language is that the letter b and v are |
| Among the Romance languages, Spanish is the most | | | | indistinguishable, whereas the letter h is silent. In addition |
| widely spoken when we take into consideration the | | | | to that, Spanish has a few words that are of Greek |
| number of its speakers, and the number of the | | | | origin, there are also have silent letters to contend with. |
| countries it is being used. In Spain itself, there are two | | | | A lot of people choose to learn Spanish as a new |
| major dialects. The Andalusian and Castilian, many say | | | | language since it used so wide and it is the most |
| these dialects speak the purest forms of Spanish. | | | | common first language in the Americas. Because the |
| While in other continents such as North and South | | | | birth rate in the Spanish-speaking world is higher than |
| America, many more dialects exist. | | | | among many other people whose first language is |
| Spanish may vary in terms of pronunciation and use of | | | | English, Spanish can be expected to remain as one of |
| words between country to country where it is the | | | | the easiest languages and the most common to learn |
| dominant language. But these differences are not so | | | | in the coming years. If the economies of Latin |
| great that its speakers, no matter where they are | | | | American countries continues to develop, there will be |
| from, could not still understand one other when they | | | | a big chance that Spanish will gain even more in |
| converse. For example, Spanish in Spain and Spanish | | | | importance in the world of business and in business |
| in Latin America is spoken with very little difference. | | | | communication as well. |