5. Fun
facts
• There
are
392
million
Spanish
speaking
people
in
22
countries
in
the
world
• The
Spanish
language
is
increasingly
becoming
more
important
and
more
necessary
in
the
U.S.
mainly
because
In
2001,
the
U.S.
La=no
popula=on
was
29.3
million,
already
over
10%
of
the
total
U.S.
popula=on,
and
s=ll
growing
strong.
• By
2010,
the
U.S.
La=no
popula=on
is
es=mated
to
reach
42
million,
and
will
become
the
largest
minority
group
in
the
U.S.
• By
2040,
the
U.S.
La=no
popula=on
will
be
25%
of
the
total
popula=on
in
the
U.S.
One
in
every
four
people
in
the
U.S.
will
be
La=no.
• La=nos
in
the
U.S.
represented
$477
billion
in
purchasing
power
in
2002.
Over
50%
of
U.S.
residents
who
speak
a
second
language,
speak
Spanish;
and
89%
of
La=nos
in
the
U.S.
speak
Spanish.
Spanish
is
the
most
spoken
second
language
6. Where
it
comes
from
• Spanish
is
a
romance
language
just
like
Romanian,
Italian,
French,
and
Portuguese.
• That
means
it
comes
from
LaQn
• It
started
in
Spain
which
is
west
of
Rome
where
LaQn
was
mostly
spoken
• The
language
was
formed
some
Qme
a[er
the
Moors
seled
in,
so
a[er
700
A.D.
They
were
conquered
by
1492
and
a[er
that
they
(Spaniards)
began
traveling
into
the
New
World
spreading
their
language
which
was
prey
much
"Spanish"
as
we
know
it.
