Spanish

The Spanish language is the second most native spoken language in the world (after Chinese) with around 500 million native speakers. Spanish is the most spoken language of Latin America and the most important minority language of the United States (more than 40 million Spanish speakers). Spanish is also becoming increasingly important in culture and film, for example, nowadays in almost every American film a few words of Spanish are spoken and Spanish-language music is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. Spanish is a very important language for the international tourist industry, Spain is one of the most touristic countries in the world, but Spanish-speaking countries such as The Dominican Republic, Mexico and Cuba are also very popular with international tourism. The huge Spanish-speaking market is also becoming increasingly more important in the world wide economy and trade.