According to census, there are 191,225,429of Spanish speakers in South America alone, of a total of 452,480,979 of Spanish speakers in the whole world.
South America.
People speak Spanish in the continents of Europe, North America, Central America, South America, and Africa.
People in Central America do not speak Portuguese; they predominantly speak Spanish. Portuguese is spoken in Brazil, which is in South America. The confusion may arise from the fact that both Portuguese and Spanish are Romance languages and share some similarities.
Roughly 420 million people in Latin America speak Spanish as their primary language.
Spanish is spoken in most countries in Latin America, including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
South America.
People speak Spanish in the continents of Europe, North America, Central America, South America, and Africa.
Mainly Spanish, although there are numerous native languages also.
People in Central America do not speak Portuguese; they predominantly speak Spanish. Portuguese is spoken in Brazil, which is in South America. The confusion may arise from the fact that both Portuguese and Spanish are Romance languages and share some similarities.
A majority of the people in Central America and South America speak Spanish today
most people in Latin America are Roman Catholic
Central and South America were conquered by Spain a country which speaks Spanish. However Brazil, was settled by Portugal and so Portuguese is spoken there.
Spanish is spoken in most countries in Latin America, including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
They speak Portuguese in Brazil.
Most people in Brazil speak Portuguese because that nation discovered and first populated Brazil..
I think you're confusing Latin America with South America. Most people speak Spanish or Portuguese in South America because Spain and Portugal invaded and colonized the region.However, most people of "Latin" America speak either Spanish or Portuguese because that's pretty much the definition of Latin America: any American country where a Romance language is spoken, such as Spanish or Portuguese.
In Spain or in all countries in South America. In Spain or in all countries in South America.