Because a lot of people in America speak Spanish.
Spanish is the second most common language in the United States. There are more Spanish speakers in the Americas then any other language. Throughout the world it is the fourth most common language.
It is estimated that there are around 460 million Spanish speakers in both Americas. This includes countries like Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, the United States, and others where Spanish is spoken either as a native language or as a second language.
Spanish is spoken by over 460 million people worldwide as their first language, with the majority residing in Latin America and Spain. It is the second most spoken language in the world in terms of native speakers.
I think it is when you learn a second language. Like, if you speak English as your first language, then learn to speak Spanish fluently, you acquired Spanish as your second language.
Spanish is the second most common "spoken" language. The second most common language is sign language.
Spanish is so widely spoken because the Spanish had such a wide empire, reaching from much of the Caribbean, South and Central America and parts of North America to Asia and Africa beginning in 1492 and lasting for centuries. In the Spanish colonies speaking Spanish was a requirement imposed on the native peoples and in addition there were many Spanish colonists living in these colonies. Spanish is now the second most widely used language in the world after English, having recently displaced French from that statistic.
Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language in the United States, with a large population of Spanish speakers residing in the country.
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In 1960, Spanish was the second most spoken language, just as it is today.
Generally "second language" refers to a second language someone can speak, ie: My first language is English, my second language is Spanish. Also, it can be used to let people know that one particular language is NOT your first, or best known. ie: English as a second language. Meaning your most fluent language is German, or Spanish or French, but you are learning English. Might help to get a more thorough answer if you used a sentence as an example, let us know how "Second Language" is used.
Approximately 90 million people around the world speak Spanish as a second language.
English is the language most spoken as their second language.