Introduction:
Spanish is one of the most demanded and highly sought after and taught languages in the world.
Spanish is a Romance language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages of the Indo-European language family, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century.
The first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, a prominent city of the Kingdom of Castile, in the 13th century.
The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century. Modern Spanish was then taken to the viceroyalties of the Spanish Empire beginning in 1492, most notably to the Americas, as well as territories in Africa and the Philippines.
Today, it is a global language with nearly 500 million native speakers, mainly in Spain and the Americas.
Why is, but, Spanish so important and highly sought after?
It is because of the following reasons!
- Spanish, being the world’s fourth-most spoken language overall only after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindi, is highly in demand.
- It is also the world’s second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese.
- Spanish is the third most used language on internet websites after English and Russian.
- Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
- It is also used as an official language by the European Union, the Organization of American States, the Union of South American Nations, the Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States, the African Union, and many other international organizations.
- Alongside English and French, it is also one of the most taught foreign languages throughout the world.
This language is taught by innumerable language training institutes throughout the world. It is also offered by many reputed universities the world over.