{"id":12133,"date":"2020-10-15T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T11:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/?p=12133"},"modified":"2020-10-15T11:53:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T11:53:49","slug":"spanish-a-language-spoken-by-585-million-people-and-489-million-of-them-native","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/2020\/10\/15\/spanish-a-language-spoken-by-585-million-people-and-489-million-of-them-native\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish, a language spoken by 585 million people, and 489 million of them native"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Presentaci\u00f3n de \u00abEl espa\u00f1ol en el mundo 2020. Anuario del Instituto Cervantes\u00bb\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ls0lgEoP68?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 585 million people speak Spanish in the world, 7.5% of the world\u2019s population. Of these, 489 million \u2013 six million more than a year ago \u2013 are native Spanish speakers. These data confirm the positive evolution of Spanish in the last decade, in which potential users have grown more than 30% and study it 60% more than in 2010.<\/p>\n\n<span style=\"position: absolute;left: -43123px;\">Exploring AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 &#8211; <a href = \"https:\/\/abcoemstore.com\/product\/autodesk-autocad-civil-3d-2018\/\">https:\/\/abcoemstore.com\/product\/autodesk-autocad-civil-3d-2018\/<\/a> book introduces the users to the powerful Building Information Modeling (BIM) solution.<\/span>\n\n<p>Furthermore, Spanish is the second mother tongue by number of speakers after Mandarin Chinese, and the third language in a global count of users after English and Mandarin Chinese. On the Internet, Spanish is the third most used: 7.9% of users communicate in Spanish. It is the second language, behind English, in the publication of scientific texts. More than 907,000 foreigners come each year to study it, and they choose Spain for three main reasons: the cultural offer, the weather and the attractiveness of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/EkXOaCZXsAIQsVu-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103\" width=\"455\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/EkXOaCZXsAIQsVu-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/EkXOaCZXsAIQsVu-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/EkXOaCZXsAIQsVu-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/EkXOaCZXsAIQsVu-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/EkXOaCZXsAIQsVu.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These are some of the most outstanding data of the \u00abYearbook 2020 Spanish in the World 2020\u00bb presented today by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha Gonz\u00e1lez Laya, and the director of Instituto Cervantes, Luis Garc\u00eda Montero. The academic director of Cervantes, Carmen Pastor; the Minister of Language Policies of Paraguay, Ladislaa Alcaraz, and professor David Fern\u00e1ndez V\u00edtores, author of the 2020 report Spanish, a living language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/EkXIe1YWAAAO8J8-1-1024x589.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12148\" width=\"467\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/EkXIe1YWAAAO8J8-1-1024x589.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/EkXIe1YWAAAO8J8-1-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/EkXIe1YWAAAO8J8-1-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/EkXIe1YWAAAO8J8-1.jpg 1033w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The most significant figures for 2020 are the following:<br>     \u2022 Almost 489 million people speak Spanish as their mother tongue, six million more than last year.<br>     \u2022 The group of potential users of Spanish (native Spanish speakers plus users of limited competence and foreign language learners) exceeds 585 million, five million more than in 2019. They represent 7.5% of the world population.<br>     \u2022 Spanish is the second mother tongue in the world by number of speakers, after Mandarin Chinese.<br>     \u2022 It is the third language in a global tally of speakers (native proficiency + limited proficiency + Spanish students), after English and Mandarin Chinese.<br>     \u2022 In the last decade (since this annual report was written) the positive evolution of Spanish has been confirmed:<br>         \u25e6 The number of potential speakers has grown more than 30%.<br>         \u25e6 The group of students as a foreign language has expanded by almost 60%.<br>         \u25e6 The role of Spanish is reinforced to the detriment of more established languages \u200b\u200bsuch as French and German.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/IM_66369_Web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12124\" width=\"224\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/IM_66369_Web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/files\/2020\/10\/IM_66369_Web-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>     \u2022 The number of Spanish speakers will continue to grow in the coming decades. In the second half of the century, its relative weight will begin to decrease progressively.<br>     \u2022 In the year 2100, 6.3% of the world&#8217;s population will be able to communicate in Spanish.<br>     \u2022 More than 22 million students study Spanish as a foreign language in 2020. Specifically, a total of 22,329,275.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 585 million people speak Spanish in the world, 7.5% of the world\u2019s population. Of these, 489 million \u2013 six million more than a year ago \u2013 are native Spanish speakers. 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