This document discusses the growing importance and prevalence of the Spanish language globally. It notes that Spanish is spoken by over 450 million people as a native, second or foreign language, making it the second most spoken language worldwide. The document also predicts that by 2030, Spanish will be spoken by 535 million people or 7.5% of the world's population, outpacing other major languages. It promotes learning Spanish, pointing out the language's growing economic and cultural influence internationally.

1. Spanish
A language for the
future
Aula, the Spanish language
Cyprus.
school in Paphos, Cyprus.
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2. Millions of people
think that Spanish
opens the doors to
the future.
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3. • Spanish is
spoken by more
than 450 million
people, as
native,
second or
foreign
language. www.aulaschool.com-Spanish
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4. It is the second most
spoken native language
worldwide and the
second language of
international
communication.
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5. LANGUAGE MILLIONS OF SPEAKERS
• Chinese 1.213
• Spanish 329
• English 328
• Arabic 221
• Hindi 182
• Bengali 181
• Portuguese 178
• Russian 144
• Japanese 122
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6. • In 2030, 7,5% of the
world’s population will
speak Spanish (535 million
people), percentage that
stands out above Russian
(2,2%), French (1,4%) and
German (1,2%).
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7. If the tendency stays
the same, in three or
four generations,
10% of the world’ s
population will
communicate in
Spanish.
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8. • In 2050, the United States will be
the biggest Spanish speaking
country in the world. Hispanic
people will be 132,8 million in
2050, almost triple of the present
46,7 million. One American citizen
out of three will be Hispanic.
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9. • 16% of the EU citizens
consider Spanish one of the
most useful languages, apart
from their mother tongue.
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10. This perception of the usefulness
of the language has not changed
over the years. Since 1998, it is
always been equal or superior to
15%. This does not happen, for
instance, with French, the
perception of the usefulness of
which has decreased
considerabily from 2001.
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11. • Some numbers about the
percentage of students of
Spanish in schools in the
European Union:
Denmark (27,9%)
France (62,4%)
Sweden (40,6%)
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12. • Spain is the EU country that receives more
Erasmus students:
17% of the students
that apply for these
scholarships.
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13. Spanish is the third more
la used language in the
Internet after English and
Chinese.
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14. Aula School of Spanish ®
Spanish language school
Paphos -Cyprus
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