The Taino people were the first Amerindian group to have contact with the Spanish during Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Caribbean in 1492.
The Spanish were able to control the Amerindians due to factors such as advanced military technology, diseases that wiped out large segments of the Amerindian population, and the alliances they formed with some Amerindian groups against others. Additionally, the Spanish employed tactics such as forced labor systems and religious conversion to assert dominance over the Amerindians.
There are five syllables in the word "Amerindian."
The first Spanish ruled country to win independence was Haiti in 1804.
Portuguese is the official language of Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It is based on Latin and also has some influences from Arabic, Amerindian, and African languages.
No, Spain is not the first Spanish speaking country. The first Spanish speaking country is generally considered to be Spain itself since it is the birthplace of the Spanish language. However, it is important to note that other countries in Latin America also have Spanish as their official language, such as Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and many more.
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Some of them are. The racial composition of Mexico is the following:Mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%,White 9%,Other 1%There are about 10,009,062 white/Caucasian Mexicans out of a total population of 111,211,789.
Mestizos, meaning they are of Spanish-Amerindian origin.
the ethnicity for chile is Spanish and Amerindian. Thank you for questioning answers.com
Most Mexican people (92.7%) speak Spanish, while a minority (5.7%) speaks any of 63 Amerindian languages that predate contact with Europeans. However, some 13% of the population speaks English for business and tourism purposes.
Population: 111,211,789 (July 2009 est.)Ethnic groups: mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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mestizo/a (male/female) = half-breed, person of mixed ancestry
mestizo/a (male/female) = half-breed, person of mixed ancestry
CIA World Factbook says: white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97% mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%
The first contact the Chumash people had with Europeans was the Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo in the autumn of 1542.
The Mexicans descend from the Aztecs, Mayans, other Amerindian groups, the Spanish, and other European immigrants.