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Spanish is so far the fourth language in the world and it has about 330 million speakers. Spain has the first place with about 39 million and USA second place with around 22 million and the rest is divided between all Latin America except Brazil and even Philipines. Actually it was the fourth about 20 years ago and still.
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Yes, English is actually somewhat widely spoken in the country of Spain. A little more than 1/4 (about 27%) of Spain claims to be able to speak English; this is a total of about 12,428,129 Spaniards.
Yes, English is actually somewhat widely spoken in the country of Spain. A little more than 1/4 (about 27%) of Spain claims to be able to speak English; this is a total of about 12,428,129 Spaniards.
Yes, about 25% of the population can speak English as a second language.
Only 7 actually have Spanish as an official language:
Virtually 100% of Spanish citizens speak, read, and write Spanish. It may not be their preferred language, and it may not be the language of daily life but they can use it and use it well. As many a 30% of the population may speak one of the 3 regional languages as well as Spanish. The following is from the Spanish Constitution of 1978.
Artículo 3.
1. El castellano es la lengua española oficial del Estado. Todos los españoles tienen el deber de conocerla y el derecho a usarla.
2. Las demás lenguas españolas serán también oficiales en las respectivas Comunidades Autónomas de acuerdo con sus Estatutos.
3. La riqueza de las distintas modalidades lingüísticas de España es un patrimonio cultural que será objeto de especial respeto y protección.
Translation
1. Castilian Spanish is the official language of the Country. ALL SPANIARDS should know the language and have the right to use it.
2. Other Spanish languages may be official IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES when recognized by statute of the respective Autonomous Communities".
In other words they are only official in the Autonomous Communities that have legalized them. The vast majority of the inhabitants of the the the 3 Autonomous Communities that have legalized a second language (Catalonia, Galicia, and the Basque region) read, write, and speak Spanish even though it is not their preferred language.
3. The richness of the distinct kinds of languages of Spain is a cultural patrimony that must be the object of special respect and protection.
More than 95% (18 million) of people in Mexico City speak Spanish as primary language. The rest are mostly Amerindians who speak languages such as Nahuatl and are descendants of the original Aztecs who lived at the place before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores in the 16th Century. There is also a small fraction (less than 1%) who speak other languages such as Chinese, French, Yiddish or Korean, mostly by first-generation immigrants now living in Mexico.
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English is fairly widely spoken in Spain. About 22% to 27% of the population can speak it fluently, mostly in large cities, and in popular holiday destinations for British people.
Yes, about 25% of the population can speak English as a second language.
Over 6.3 million
101 million people talk spanish in mexico
Europe has many countries, with many different languages like, French, German, Dutch, English, Swedish, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Irish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Romanian and many, many others. So depending on what part of Europe you are, in will depend on what types of languages you will hear and how people will speak.
Only 2: Spain and Andorra
more people speak spanish
Spanish is spoken in Spain. Andorra and Gibraltar have Spanish as an official language too. All other countries in Europe don't speak Spanish as an official language. Most countries have their own languages, so there is a very long list of countries that have other languages like: France - French. Italy - Italian. Poland - Polish. Netherlands - Dutch. Germany - German. All of these and many more.
In 2013, it was estimated that about 37.6 million people over the age of 5 speak Spanish in the United States.
120 million people in Europe
About 417 million people today speak Spanish.
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Approximately 90 million people around the world speak Spanish as a second language.
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140 million