Spanish and You

By Jan Angelo

Spanish isn't just any language; it is an ideal language that almost half a billion people chose to speak. If Spanish could make its way from the Spanish Empire all the way to be the world's third most spoken language, it sure does deserve to be learnt by more of us.

Spanish is the third most spoken language in the world after Mandarin and English. Spanish is an Indo-European, Romance language that has originated from the Kingdom of Spain. The roots of Spanish can be traced back to the Andalusian period where it had evolved from Vulgar Latin and was also influenced by Arabic. Today Spanish is the official language in almost 20 countries across Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. In the United States of America Spanish is the second most spoken language after English. It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

Spanish being derived from Latin has the Latin letters in its alphabet which are also the very same letters that we see in English and most other European languages. So when it comes to learning to write Spanish we won't be having a hard time after all. The best part is that Spanish has just 29 letters with all the same letters as in English. Spanish also uses the acute accent which helps people to use the right pronunciation while speaking, unlike in English where we have many sounds for the very same letter. According to Elio Antonio a 15th century Spanish grammarian "The language is the instrument of the Empire".

Presently Spanish is slowly becoming the second language to most Americans and Europeans. To most Latin Americans Spanish is the mother tongue although it was born in Europe. If Spanish travels across the world at this speed, anyone not knowing Spanish will surely be caught off guard when it comes to surviving on planet earth. It is also not going to hurt anyone to learn a new language, right? It is surely going to be an added advantage to speak in another tongue. If Spanish was good enough for the Spaniards, we are damn sure it is twice as good for you.

Jan Angelo is an Online Marketing Consultant. You can read his review of Rocket Spanish by clicking on Rocket Spanish